This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.

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

A monument to the “unrecognized dead” of the tragic 1876 train crash.

A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."

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

A throwback train ride transports passengers through one of the lesser-known national parks in the country.

The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.

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

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.

A miniature world of concrete and stone in Springfield, Ohio.

The fine fabric handwoven at Biltmore Industries was once coveted around the world.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

Chefs from Tibet's Kham region offer steaming meat pies and noodle soups in this nook behind a jewelry store.

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

Behind a grungy bodega facade, a Poblano family serves rich, home-cooked meals.

Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.

Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.