At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

This former POW camp was transformed into a Cold War missile installation.

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

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

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