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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Canton

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Canton, Ohio

Updated November 14, 2016

Unusual Attractions in Canton

Canton, Ohio

McKinley Presidential Library & Museum

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

Canton, Ohio

William McKinley Memorial

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

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Zoar, Ohio

Historic Zoar Village

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

13 miles from Canton

Alliance, Ohio

The Troll Hole

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

16 miles from Canton

Akron, Ohio

Goodyear Airdock

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

16 miles from Canton

Dover, Ohio

Warther Museum

The spectacular collection of one of the world's best woodcarvers.

19 miles from Canton

Akron, Ohio

John Brown Monument

A moving tribute to a leader of the American abolitionist movement.

20 miles from Canton

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