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Unusual Attractions in Cincinnati

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American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

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Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

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Lucky Cat Museum

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

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The Cincinnati Mushroom House

What is it about mushrooms that makes people wish they lived inside of them?

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Spring Grove Cemetery

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

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Cincinnati Observatory

This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."

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Twin Lakes Capitoline Wolf

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

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Grave of Fredric J. Baur

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

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Cincinnati, Ohio

Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage train station tiles.

Cincinnati, Ohio

Grave of Fredric J. Baur

The inventor of the iconic Pringles can was so proud of his invention he was buried in one.

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