Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.