114 Cool and Unusual Things to Do in Ohio - Atlas Obscura

Hillsboro, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

39.1950, -83.6115

Cincinnati, Ohio

American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

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Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

41.6466, -82.8267

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The statue appears to weep.

Cleveland, Ohio

The Haserot Angel

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

41.5137, -81.5978

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Cincinnati, Ohio

The Cincinnati Subway

An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.

39.1366, -84.5328

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Loveland Castle

Harry Andrews' Chateau Laroche

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

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The warm interior.

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.

41.4687, -81.6873

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Outside of the Ohio State Reformatory.

Mansfield, Ohio

Ohio State Reformatory

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

40.7837, -82.5028

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Stories About Ohio

Longstanding Sprankle's Village Pizza was essentially swallowed by a sinkhole.

A Sinkhole Nearly Swallowed an Ohio Pizzeria

It had to be torn down anyway.

by Eric Grundhauser

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The Steak-Sauce Bottle Mystery Unfolding at an Ohio Library

A local paper referred to it as a "real whodunit."

by Erik Shilling

Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It

Cincinnati is home to the largest unused subway system in the world.

by Kevin Williams

January 29, 2016

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