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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Toledo

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Toledo, Ohio

Updated September 12, 2024

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Unusual Attractions in Toledo

Toledo, Ohio

Jimmy Carter's Hot Dog Bun

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
An unlit lithophane

Toledo, Ohio

Blair Museum of Lithophanes

This unique collection collects pieces of art etched into thin pieces of stone.

Toledo, Ohio

Art Tatum Celebration Column

A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.

Toledo, Ohio

The Cloister

Centuries-old columns from French monasteries provide structure for this courtyard within an Ohio art museum.
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A towering maypole surrounded by trees

Oregon, Ohio

Der Maibaum (The Maypole)

A focal point for the German American Festival-Society symbolizing the "Spirit of Unity' and fellowship for the Toledo area.
4 miles from Toledo
1915 Michigan border post

Erie, Michigan

Michigan's Lost Peninsula

This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
6 miles from Toledo

Jerusalem Township, Ohio

Turtle Island

Small, privately owned island divided between Michigan and Ohio with abandoned vacation homes and a derelict lighthouse.
10 miles from Toledo

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Toledo, Ohio

Jimmy Carter's Hot Dog Bun

This restaurant proudly displays bread signed by the 39th president.
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Stories About Toledo

Methods for determining if love is true date back centuries. In the early 1900s, serious scientists and penny-arcade entrepreneurs alike tried to measure the emotion.

Inside a Decades-Long Quest to Measure Love

The journey of the "Love Tester," from serious-seeming science to the penny-arcade amusements.
by April White
February 10, 2023

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