Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

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

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

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

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

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

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.

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

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

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

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

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

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

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

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

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

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

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

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