Weird outdoor & roadside things to do in Cincinnati
Looking for weird outdoor & roadside oddities in Cincinnati? These 6 are the genuinely strange ones — Linck Brewery Underground Tunnels (American Legacy Tours), Mushroom House (Terry Brown Architecture Studio), The Futuro Flying Saucer House and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Cincinnati they'd never find on their own.
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Linck Brewery Underground Tunnels (American Legacy Tours)
Carved into limestone deep beneath Over-the-Rhine, these subterranean 1850s lagering vaults were used by pre-…
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Mushroom House (Terry Brown Architecture Studio)
Designed over 14 years by University of Cincinnati architecture professor Terry Brown, this organic fairy-tal…
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The Futuro Flying Saucer House
Perched on a steep hillside overlooking the Cincinnati skyline, this retro-futuristic 1968 ellipsoid home was…
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Florence Y'all Water Tower
Constructed in 1974, this 1-million-gallon water storage tank originally advertised the upcoming Florence Mal…
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Lux Mundi Statue ('Hug Me Jesus')
Standing 52 feet tall beside Interstate 75 at Solid Rock Church, this massive steel-and-polymer sculpture by…
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The Cincinnati Mushroom House
Designed over 10 years by late architect Terry Brown and his University of Cincinnati DAAP students, this whi…