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Ohio's Small Town Museum

Ashville, Ohio

Ohio's Small Town Museum

It's a fantastical local history museum with real stories -- including the first, and longest operating, traffic signal.

The recently restored W. P. Snyder.

Marietta, Ohio

Ohio River Museum

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

The stairway leading to the top of the Great Mound.

Marietta, Ohio

The Mound Cemetery

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

If you expand this picture of the round bridge pier, you can see the large turning gear under the bridge structure.

Marietta, Ohio

B&O Harmar Bridge

This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

Here is an old Conestoga wagon.

Marietta, Ohio

Campus Martius Museum

Home to several unusual artifacts, including a huge painting of George Washington.

The entire second floor features this eye-catching symbol.

Marietta, Ohio

Washington County Courthouse Motifs

Dozens of striking Indian symbols cover the second-floor hallways of this rural courthouse.

A plot marker near the entrance.

Pomeroy, Ohio

St. John’s Church Cemetery

A lost cemetery stands forgotten on a hilltop, known only to the older residents of Pomeroy.

The entrance to school, covered in vines.

Pomeroy, Ohio

Kerr’s Run Colored School

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

The cat, smart enough to know better, keeps itself perched safely out of the spray.

Mount Vernon, Ohio

South Main Plaza Dog Fountain

A fountain full of 18 bronze-cast dogs, a cat, a pony, some birds, and a mystery apple, all because one guy and his golden retriever saw a photo online.

Cathedral Tower

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Cathedral Tower

An unfinished revolving restaurant on a church campus towers over suburban Northeast Ohio

Just a fraction of the White House ornaments in Hixson's Inc.

Lakewood, Ohio

Presidential Christmas Ornaments at Hixson's

This antique shop features a large collection of ornaments amassed by an Ohio florist who helped decorate the White House for the holidays.

Cleveland Curiosities

Lakewood, Ohio

Cleveland Curiosities

An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.

Memorial to Tamir Rice

Cleveland, Ohio

Memorial to Tamir Rice

This garden memorial marks the site where 12-year-old Tamir Rice was fatally shot by the Cleveland Police Department.

Smoky statue.

Rocky River, Ohio

Yorkie Doodle Dandy Memorial

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

The Little Falls.

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

The Little Falls

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

The Sanctuary Museum

Lakewood, Ohio

The Sanctuary Museum

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

View from road of Octagon House

Circleville, Ohio

Gregg-Crites Octagon House

Eight sides, one incredible story — the Gregg-Crites Octagon House is one of Circleville's most fascinating architectural treasures.

Example of mural segment

Portsmouth, Ohio

Portsmouth Flood Wall Murals

One of Ohio's longest history books isn't made of paper—it's painted across the floodwall.

Ben Orr's headstone.

Thompson, Ohio

Benjamin Orr's Grave

The final resting place of one of the most iconic musicians of the '80s.

ASM International Materials Park

Novelty, Ohio

ASM International Materials Park

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.

South River Vineyard at sunset

Geneva, Ohio

South River Vineyard

When a guy acquired a free church, he hauled it away piece-by-piece to make it the tasting hall at his vineyard.

One side of the base of the Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Monument.

Ashtabula, Ohio

Ashtabula Bridge Disaster Monument

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

The statue.

Windsor, Ohio

Servants of Mary Center for Peace

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

A part that is similar to a Silver Bridge eye bar. The eye bars did the job that suspension cables do in modern bridges.

Gallipolis, Ohio

Silver Bridge Disaster Memorial

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

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