Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Jennie Wade House
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Kent, Ohio
This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.
Akron, Ohio
This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.
Akron, Ohio
But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?
Akron, Ohio
This former factory has deep ties to rubber production in Akron.
Akron, Ohio
An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.
Canton, Ohio
How did a former First Lady's tiara wind up being sold to a pawn shop on reality TV?
Canton, Ohio
Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.
Canton, Ohio
The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.
Mansfield, Ohio
Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Circleville, Ohio
Circleville is seriously smitten with this giant gourd.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Toronto, Ontario
An enigmatic concrete structure in a lakeside Toronto park raises more questions than answers.
St. Louis, Missouri
When Joseph Marconnott died, he had a unique final wish: to be mummified and put on display.
Jefferson City, Missouri
The maximum security facility was once thought to have "the bloodiest 47 acres in America."
Jefferson City, Missouri
Destroyed by flood waters, prison now serves as a training ground for armed forces.
Columbia, Missouri
Two Ming Dynasty lion statues guard the entrance to the journalism school.
Columbia, Missouri
The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.