This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

Astounding collection of coin-operated games and automata.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

A Michigan farm has hosted the fierce competition since 1974.

The first artificial white water river course in North America cuts right through an Indiana city.

This retired stagecoach tavern is the oldest building in Cleveland.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.

A collection of relics from the Spiritualist Camp Chesterfield.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

One tree's homage to soles past and present.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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

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

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

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

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

Train fans from all over flock to this railroad viewing park where three lines converge.

Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.

The former broadcast site has been reimagined as a museum about the medium.

Built around 1845, this house was occupied for 100 years, serving as a home to a prosecuting attorney, a Union Civil War general, and a wealthy socialite.