This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Built around 1845, this house was occupied for 100 years, serving as a home to a prosecuting attorney, a Union Civil War general, and a wealthy socialite.

A free park where visitors can learn about and collect 440 million-year-old fossils.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

One of the few beardless depictions of Lincoln, George Grey Barnard's 1917 statue was denounced by many—including Lincoln's own son.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

This 30,000 square-foot museum is home to an extensive collection of art and artifacts that reflect the history of southwest Ohio.

A small wall and marker are all that remain of this historic canal tunnel.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

Two Indiana icons are honored at this tiny museum, which features the world's largest collection of James Dean memorabilia.

The bespectacled, cocktail-sipping pachyderm is a strange but fitting liquor store mascot.

More than 100 years after his death, the world's largest steer is still attracting crowds.

An opulent testament to the boom-and-bust history of industry in north central Indiana.

This relic of transportation history still stands in this Indiana city.

Low-frequency noise compared to an idling train can only be heard by some of this industrial town's residents.

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

Artifacts from the golden days of the circus reside in a small Indiana town.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.