Chester, West Virginia
World's Largest Teapot
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
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Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Weirton, West Virginia
In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Ashtabula, Ohio
A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.
Cleveland, Ohio
A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Check out the 125-pound chocolate reindeer in the back of this candy shop.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A living maritime paradox still floats in the same lake where it was built and resurrected... or was it?
Bradford, Pennsylvania
This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Zoar, Ohio
Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.
Dover, Ohio
The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Cambridge, Ohio
Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
Malta, Ohio
This underground holding cell was forgotten for over a century and rediscovered in the 1960s.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Steubenville, Ohio
A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.
McConnelsville, Ohio
All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.