Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Crystal Cave
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
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Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Villisca, Iowa
This seemingly charming home memorializes and honors the victims of a century-old unsolved murder.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
What Cheer, Iowa
No one knows the origin of this small town’s unique name.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Burlington, Iowa
While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.
Atlanta, Illinois
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, Illinois
A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.
Peoria, Illinois
This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.
Midlothian, Illinois
A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.
Willow Springs, Illinois
The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.
West Lafayette, Indiana
The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Lafayette, Indiana
An unknown number of cholera victims are buried in two nondescript graves.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.
Kokomo, Indiana
Along this stretch of Indiana roadway resides a giant insect composed entirely of scrap metal.
Mentone, Indiana
A giant concrete egg marks this Indiana town as the "Egg Basket of the Midwest."
Springfield, Ohio
A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Mansfield, Ohio
Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This secluded walking trail is a hidden gem of a Pittsburgh park.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.