Places strangersigh Wants to Go

Acres of English cottage gardens, unexpectedly nestled in a Cleveland suburb.

A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

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

A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

Unique collection containing a wide and curious range of contraceptive items.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.

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

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.

A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.

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

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

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

Medical history museum featuring a lovely doctor's office from the 1800s.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.