Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

The headquarters of a pioneering cast iron and cast aluminum cookware company is in ruins, but still standing.

One of the few places where you can explore a 1918 paddlewheel steamboat from stem to stern.

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

One of Cincinnati's greatest fighters once trained at a now defunct gym in this Over-The-Rhine neighborhood.

An elegant sandstone stairway built by the WPA still connects two neighborhoods in Akron.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

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

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

Remnants of 19th century vigilante justice.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

This recycled wax museum may be the only one that features John Travolta in a Bible scene.

Now in disrepair, this 19th century station was a stop on of the famed B&O Railroad.

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

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

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

It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

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

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

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