The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

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This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.