Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

A museum dedicated to the dead and the tools used to usher them into the afterlife.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Known as "The Dome" this is the world's largest open air geodesic dome.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

This former tuberculosis treatment facility now stands at the center of a public park.

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

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

A dazzling display of lights and crystals.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

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

Memorials and tributes scattered across the university grounds remember a famous national tragedy of the Nixon era.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

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

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

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

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

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