Places Mr Beard Wants to Go

How did a former First Lady's tiara wind up being sold to a pawn shop on reality TV?

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

An unoccupied lighthouse encased in layers of ice from the waters of Lake Erie.

An abandoned, rusty old relic of railroad history stands at attention over the Cuyahoga River.

This Cleveland mansion has played host to a German singing group, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, a funeral parlor, and many civil rights meetings.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Beside a busy highway, a colony of Great Blue Herons raises hundreds of offspring each year.

Smoky, also known as "Yorkie Doodle Dandy," was a four-pound hero of World War II.

Learn about the history and craftsmanship of carousels inside this museum located in a former post office.

A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.

Explore the legends surrounding these mythical sea creatures inside this museum.

One of the oldest active carousels in the country—but it might be missed by all but the keenest-eyed boardwalk strollers.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

Housing the history of a small Ohio town that is known to some as the pottery capital of the United States.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.