Places mkcardew Wants to Go

A tunnel that brings more than a century of history to life from the deepest parts of the Niagara Gorge.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.

This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

The site of the worst mining disaster in Ohio's history.

Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in suburban Ohio.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.