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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ohio

208 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ohio

Updated December 16, 2022

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Cincinnati, Ohio

American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Put-in-Bay, Ohio

Crystal Cave

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

Cleveland, Ohio

The Haserot Angel

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

Cleveland, Ohio

Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick

A collection of Wiccan artifacts and occult paraphernalia started by the leader of the Long Island Coven.

Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Logan, Ohio

The Caves of Hocking Hills State Park

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Loveland, Ohio

Harry Andrews' Chateau Laroche

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

Cincinnati, Ohio

Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

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

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Cincinnati, Ohio

Rookwood Ice Cream Parlor

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

Dublin, Ohio

Cornhenge

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

Cleveland, Ohio

West Side Market

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Fairfield, Ohio

Jungle Jim's International Market

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

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The Psychology Behind Why Identical Twins Inspire Fascination—and Fear

A history of othering, experimentation, and mystery.

November 22, 2022

Podcast: House the Giants Built

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November 25, 2021

This Puzzling Dessert Calls for Peaches and Physics

There's a magic trick baked into Peach Puzzle.

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The Photographer Who Reimagined the Darkness of the Underground Railroad

How acclaimed artist Dawoud Bey used the landscape to tell the story of the unseen.

Meet the Cryptids Haunting Ohio's Imagination

A new exhibition pays homage to some of the Buckeye State's beloved—and infamous—legends.

by Jessica Leigh Hester

The Legend of a Cave and the Traces of the Underground Railroad in Ohio

In 1892, a newspaper described a cave that sheltered 21 formerly enslaved people. Ohioans are still looking for it.

by Kevin Williams

February 14, 2020

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