melondave2003's User Profile - Atlas Obscura

melondave2003

I'm a regular gal, a teacher, and an explorer. I love to find new places, share them with my students, and even grab a geocache along the way.

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Places visited in Kelleys Island, Ohio

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Places edited in Pueblo, Colorado

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Cambridge, Ohio

Hopalong Cassidy Museum

A tribute to one of the most famous cowboys on TV, and the consumerism that fueled his popularity.

Mabel

Zanesville, Ohio

Zanesville Y-Bridge

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Added by solarconstant

The Topiary Park

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

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Added by Afjsdoiuqnnn

The Handprint

A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.

Pankhearst

Added by Pankhearst

Cornhenge

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

Josh

President Warren G. Harding's Tomb

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

markallender

Added by markallender

Cleveland, Ohio

A Christmas Story House and Museum

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

punkeymonkey529

Added by punkeymonkey529

Willoughby, Ohio

The Girl in Blue

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

markallender

Added by markallender

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial

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

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Added by jessecbethea

Cleveland Heights, Ohio

James A. Garfield's Memorial and Tomb

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

markallender

Added by markallender

Bentleyville, Ohio

Henry Church Rock

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

atimian

Added by atimian

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Added by Runnerofbears

Athens Lunatic Asylum

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Added by cinapelayo

Mansfield, Ohio

Ohio State Reformatory

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

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Added by nbj914

Cleveland, Ohio

The Haserot Angel

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