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Goodyear Airdock

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

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Site of Sojourner Truth's 'Ain't I A Woman' Speech

But did the famous feminist and abolitionist ever really say those iconic four words?

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Site of Kent State Shootings

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

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Helltown, Ohio

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

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Worden's Ledges

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

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William McKinley Memorial

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

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McKinley Presidential Library & Museum

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

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