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Crystal Cave

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The Villisca Axe Murder House

Villisca, Iowa

Villisca Axe Murder House

This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.

The Swinging Bridge

Columbus Junction, Iowa

Lover's Leap Swinging Bridge

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

"What Cheer" water tower

What Cheer, Iowa

What Cheer

No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.

American Gothic House.

Eldon, Iowa

American Gothic House

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

Snake Alley

Burlington, Iowa

Snake Alley

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

Paul Bunyon

Atlanta, Illinois

Paul Bunyon

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

Peoria Holocaust Memorial

Peoria, Illinois

Peoria Holocaust Memorial

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

Uniroyal Gal in her bikini during the summer pool season.

Peoria, Illinois

Uniroyal Gal

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

Midlothian, Illinois

Bachelor's Grove Cemetery

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Plot M marker

Willow Springs, Illinois

Red Gate Woods

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

Prophet's Rock

West Lafayette, Indiana

Prophet's Rock

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Other graves.

Lafayette, Indiana

Cholera Mass Graves of Fink Cemetery

An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.

Moon over the fort.

West Lafayette, Indiana

Fort Ouiatenon

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

The Kokomantis: A Famous Giant Preying Mantis Scrap Metal Sculpture

Kokomo, Indiana

KokoMantis

Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.

Mentone Egg

Mentone, Indiana

Mentone Egg

A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."

A closer look at one of the many houses

Springfield, Ohio

Hartman Rock Garden

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

Annie Oakley's grave.

Versailles, Ohio

Annie Oakley's Grave

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

Longaberger's home office.
Permanently Closed

Newark, Ohio

Longaberger Basket Building

An office built to look like a giant basket.

Ohio State Reformatory.

Mansfield, Ohio

Ohio State Reformatory

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The Shawshank Trail

Mansfield, Ohio

The Shawshank Trail

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Graffiti railroad tracks.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Beechview-Seldom Seen Greenway

This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.

Monongahela Incline

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Monongahela Incline

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Centralia

Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

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