Indianapolis, Indiana
Market Street Catacombs
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
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Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
Olney, Illinois
The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Bloomington, Indiana
A lesser-known part of the Kinsey Institute is this impressive collection of art, artifacts, and material culture related to human sexuality.
Lookout Mountain, Tennessee
This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Lovingly nick-named the "Brick Dick" this municipal tower was winner of the World's Most Phallic Building Contest.
Detroit, Michigan
Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.
Detroit, Michigan
Standing guard on top of an old, vacant ice cream shop.
Hamtramck, Michigan
A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.
Detroit, Michigan
Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Where beautiful signs live on forever.
Cincinnati, Ohio
What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
McArthur, Ohio
The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.
Dover, Ohio
The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.