Strongsville, Ohio
Gardenview Horticultural Park
Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.
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Strongsville, Ohio
Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Akron, Ohio
An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.
Kent, Ohio
This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.
Warren, Ohio
The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
Leavittsburg, Ohio
A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.
Hermitage, Pennsylvania
An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.
Campbell, Ohio
There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.
Port Orchard, Washington
A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.
Swannanoa, North Carolina
Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.
Bluff City, Tennessee
A delightful park featuring homemade scale replicas of dinosaurs, tucked away in the Tennessee mountains.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Beech Mountain, North Carolina
A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Cortenova, Italy
The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.
Greenbelt, Maryland
A relic of FDR's brief foray into utopian urban planning.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Luganville, Vanuatu
The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.
Oxford, Mississippi
William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.
Zawya Sultan Basha, Egypt
An endless sea of white conical domes.