St. Louis, Missouri
Cotton Belt Freight Depot
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
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St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
St. Louis, Missouri
What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.
Wray, Colorado
The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.
McArthur, Ohio
The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.
Millfield, Ohio
The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.
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.
Peninsula, Ohio
The tragic reality of a village riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.
Cleveland, Ohio
A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."
Toledo, Ohio
A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.
Cleveland, Ohio
This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.
Cleveland, Ohio
On a wall in Cleveland, Ohio find the story of a highly connected fictional community of organisms that created remarkable, lasting structures.
Cleveland, Ohio
Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.
Zoar, Ohio
Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.
Wapakoneta, Ohio
A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.
Marion, Ohio
This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.
Cleveland, Ohio
This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."
Willoughby Hills, Ohio
Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.
Mansfield, Ohio
Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.
Kelleys Island, Ohio
These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
Versailles, Ohio
The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.