This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The ruins of this long-abandoned unsuccessful gold mine can still be found.

This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.

Offering an enjoyable alternative to the standard hellacious post office trip.

Continuing a tradition of movie magic on the site of America’s oldest continually operating movie theatre.

Always a new use for this old building.

A 1,000 pound brass bell commemorates a time when this small maritime neighborhood was actually its own separate city.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

A beautiful final resting place for some of the noteworthy deceased.

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The first purpose-built art gallery in the United States is once again open as a center of craft arts.

This pre-Revolutionary War grist mill ground corn and flour for soldiers in seven American wars.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

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

It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!

As state high-points-by-elevation go this spot is one of the lowest, but for years it was also the hardest to climb.