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  • Hollow Earth Monument

    Hollow Earth Monument

    Hamilton, Ohio

    John Symmes believed the Earth was hollow, and he convinced other people it was hollow, too. The monument resembles a big pitted olive on a pedestal.

  • Neil Armstrong's First Flight

    Neil Armstrong's First Flight

    Warren, Ohio

    This spot is where the first man on the moon took his first airplane ride as a five-year-old. Now marked with a replica Apollo Lunar Lander and fake moon prints in cement!

Sights for Oddball Excursions

  • American Sign Museum

    American Sign Museum

    Cincinnati, Ohio

    Tod Swormstedt, sign expert, displays hundreds of examples of everything from delicate gold-painted glass to humongous neon.

  • BibleWalk and Living Bible Museum

    BibleWalk and Living Bible Museum

    Mansfield, Ohio

    It's like walking through a wax Bible -- populated by Hollywood stars in disguise.

  • National Museum of the United States Air Force

    National Museum of the United States Air Force

    Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio

    Coolest jets, biggest bombs, astrochimp underwear, and Uncle Fester's leather bomber jacket.

  • The Troll Hole

    The Troll Hole

    Alliance, Ohio

    Over 9,000 troll dolls and countless accessories, certified by Guinness as the world's largest collection, accumulated by Sherry Groom.

  • Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

    Toy and Plastic Brick Museum

    Bellaire, Ohio

    Dan Brown filled an old school with his obsessive Lego collection and creations.

  • Human Fingers in a Jar

    Human Fingers in a Jar

    Bowling Green, Ohio

    Grisly evidence and other murderabilia at the Wood County Historical Museum.

  • Andy D-Day and the 2-Headed Calf

    Andy D-Day and the 2-Headed Calf

    Brookville, Ohio

    In the basement of a local museum is the head of the ultimate freak bull, Andy D-Day, and his sidekick the 2-headed calf.

  • Christmas Story House and Museum

    Christmas Story House and Museum

    Cleveland, Ohio

    Exterior set for the holiday movie is a fan pilgrim site and museum.

  • Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick

    Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magick

    Cleveland, Ohio

    Wide variety of magick relics collected over many decades. Highlights include a witch's broom and a demon in a box.

  • Topiary French People

    Topiary French People

    Columbus, Ohio

    Shrubs are regularly pruned to retain the shape of characters inspired by a painting by French Impressionist Georges Seurat. The effect is best from April through November.

  • As We Are: The Ultimate Selfie Machine

    As We Are: The Ultimate Selfie Machine

    Columbus, Ohio

    Step into a photo booth, have your face immortalized 14 feet high on a giant human head.

  • Warther Carvings Museum and Button Collection

    Warther Carvings Museum and Button Collection

    Dover, Ohio

    Museum of Ernest Warther's impossibly perfect locomotive carvings and wife Frieda's collection of 70,000+ buttons.

  • Field of Giant Corn

    Field of Giant Corn

    Dublin, Ohio

    A field of 109 six-foot-tall ears of concrete corn-on-the-cob, in a suburb of Columbus. Some call it "Cornhenge."

  • Sanctuary Museum

    Sanctuary Museum

    Lakewood, Ohio

    Makeup artist Lou McClung turned an old church into a sanctuary for unwanted Catholic sculptures.

  • Noah's Ark, Dillinger's Jail Cell, Things Swallowed

    Noah's Ark, Dillinger's Jail Cell, Things Swallowed

    Lima, Ohio

    Animated taxidermy and Public Enemy #1 in a unique county museum.

  • Chateau Laroche, Loveland Castle

    Chateau Laroche, Loveland Castle

    Loveland, Ohio

    Recluse Harry Andrews spent over 50 years building a medieval-style castle in Ohio for his "boy knights."

  • Elektro, Robot of Mansfield

    Elektro, Robot of Mansfield

    Mansfield, Ohio

    Elektro, barrel-chested "Moto-Man" star of the 1939 New York World's Fair, is a prized exhibit in the Mansfield Memorial Museum.

  • Mansfield Reformatory: Shawshank Redemption Prison

    Mansfield Reformatory: Shawshank Redemption Prison

    Mansfield, Ohio

    Opened in 1896, prison movie location, a tourist attraction of incarceration and redemption.

  • Big Muskie's Bucket

    Big Muskie's Bucket

    McConnelsville, Ohio

    "Big Muskie," the world's largest earth moving machine, was dismantled in 1999. But you can still visit Big Muskie's humongous bucket!

  • Castle Noel

    Castle Noel

    Medina, Ohio

    The largest and craziest indoor Christmas attraction in the USA. Every visitor gets to ride the slide down Santa Mountain from "A Christmas Story."

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