Vicksburg, Mississippi
U.S.S. Cairo
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Miamisburg, Ohio
The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.
Lynn, Indiana
The highest point in Indiana is curated by an Eagle scout but may be in danger of losing its record to a nearby garbage pile.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
West Liberty, Ohio
These sub-farmland caves are home to a majestic stalactite known as the "Crystal King."
Bellefontaine, Ohio
In this relatively flat state the highest point is an honored place.
Newark, Ohio
An office built to look like a giant basket.
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.
Marion, Ohio
This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.
Delaware, Ohio
A gas station has taken the place of the home of the 19th American President.
Sanborn Township, Michigan
One man’s vision of living among dinosaurs credits Jesus Christ as the engine of biological evolution.
St. Ignace, Michigan
Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.
Mackinac County, Michigan
The fifth-longest suspension bridge the world, connecting one Michigan peninsula to another.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Kelleys Island, Ohio
Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.
Dearborn, Michigan
The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.
Akron, Ohio
This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.
Kent, Ohio
Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Cleveland, Ohio
The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.