According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

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

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

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.

An abandoned munitions factory with a shot tower continues to wage war on the surrounding environment.

This bare tree might not have leaves but it is constantly clothed in festive decorations left by mysterious local benefactors.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

The beauty of urban decay, hiding some dark secrets.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.