A number of regular Twelve Mile Circle readers track to IP addresses in Ohio. With that in mind I thought I’d throw something special their way, a Google Maps compilation that I recently stumbled across called “Weird Ohio Explorations.”
I’ve had some fun poking around the waypoints the developer included on the map. You probably don’t even have to have a connection to Ohio to appreciate many of them although it might be useful.
Have any of the Ohio readers seen these sights?
It’s a little heavy on spooky supernatural stuff that doesn’t hold much appeal to a skeptic such as myself. Thankfully, however, there are enough boldly wacky and tacky spots to hold my interest. I’ve reproduced some of the attractions the developer mentioned in visual format for your amusement.
Tower of Power
Here’s a water tower shaped like a pumpkin in Circleville, Ohio (map).
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
This isn’t just some large basket, rather it’s an entire functional building shaped like a basket. It’s the headquarters of the Longaberger Basket company in Newark, Ohio (map). They made it of stucco formed over steel.
UPDATE: The company left the building in 2016 and sold it in 2017.
How Corny
This compilation led to an entire park filled with concrete corncobs in Dublin, Ohio (map). Good lord, it’s is so bizarre it borders on the brilliant.
Not So Weird
Here I’ve sneaked in something historical. It’s not weird at all but I like historical sites so I’m invoking Writers Prerogative. It’s part of the Hope Iron Furnace complex (circa 1854-1874) in Allensville, Ohio (map).
If you would like me to focus some attention on your state our country please let me know and perhaps offer some suggestions. I get great tips from viewers and love to explore areas I haven’t covered before.
Completely Unrelated
One of the search engines forwarded a viewer to my site earlier this evening under the search term “nice big mounds.” Do you think the viewer may have been a tad bit disappointed when the image he requested produced the following?
These, of course, are ancient conical mounds found at Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa. The complex dates to before the arrival of Europeans in North America (featured in Wisconsin’s Great River Road, Day 2).
They are indeed nice big mounds.
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