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Cairo, Illinois

Abandoned Town of Cairo, Illinois

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Added by Hoben
Metropolis, Illinois

The Super Museum

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cave-In-Rock

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Versailles, Ohio

Annie Oakley's Grave

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.
Added by kurtbaumer
Miami, Oklahoma

Coleman Theatre

This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.
Added by retroalli
Tulsa, Oklahoma

The Center of the Universe

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause.
Topeka, Kansas

Truckhenge

These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Hutchinson, Kansas

Strataca, The Kansas Underground Salt Museum

Home to Hollywood history and a very special salt crystal.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Big Pool, Maryland

Fort Frederick

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
davidplotz Added by davidplotz
Oldtown, Maryland

Paw Paw Tunnel

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
masteranthonystevens Added by masteranthonystevens
Germantown, Ohio

Germantown Covered Bridge

This bridge uses an inverted bowstring truss and is believed to be the only of its kind in the United States.
sontaron Added by sontaron
Lima, Ohio

Kewpee Hamburgers

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
SamM Added by SamM
Jerusalem Township, Ohio

Turtle Island

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.
Added by Facebook100000095622365
Kelleys Island, Ohio

Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.
Added by Runnerofbears
Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
Added by jdsmith70
Euclid, Ohio

Hillandale Bridge

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.
MrPExplores Added by MrPExplores
Leavittsburg, Ohio

Center of the World, Ohio

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.
markallender Added by markallender
Warren, Ohio

Neil Armstrong First Flight Memorial

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.
Added by Pete WIldman
Campbell, Ohio

Iron Soup

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.
MrPExplores Added by MrPExplores
East Liverpool, Ohio

The Starting Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.
Sarah Laskow Added by Sarah Laskow
East Liverpool, Ohio

The First Evangelical Presbyterian Church

A storybook church made from a mesmerizing medley of multi-colored stones.
rbt45769 Added by rbt45769
Zoar, Ohio

Historic Zoar Village

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.
Added by gabrieljr
Frostburg, Maryland

The Jail in the Gunter Hotel

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
doptroutman Added by doptroutman
Cumberland, Maryland

LaVale Toll Gate House

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
doptroutman Added by doptroutman