A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

Inside, ancient treasures. Outside, modern contradictions.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

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

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.

A retro walk through the history of the tube.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

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

Superfans of The Shawshank Redemption can take a driving tour of most of the films real locations.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.

The heroic sled dog of the 1925 serum run is preserved in taxidermy.