The only depiction of Abraham Lincoln holding a weapon, and the names of all 9,000 Cuyahoga veterans of the Civil War.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

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

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

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

These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.

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

The airport was once a Civil War battleground, and the earthwork defenses can still be seen today.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Color-coded signs direct drivers on a network of routes designed to avoid Pittsburgh traffic.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Francis Julius LeMoyne built this crematory in 1876; he was the third person to be cremated here.

A preserved 18th century homestead in Western Pennsylvania marks the spot where the Whiskey Rebellion began.

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

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

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

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

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.