A local dive where religious kitsch, Southern identity, and queer culture collide.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

A folk art mecca famous among outsider art fans.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A curious blend of taxidermy, antique tools, creationism, and a purported antediluvian rock.

A 120-year-old legend concerning an empty circular patch in the North Carolina woods.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

This hotel was used during the Manhattan Project to house official visitors.

A white oak with property rights.

An ill-fated attempt to grow wheat in the sagebrush steppe of northeastern Nevada.

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

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

These abandoned Cold War-era bunkers are now a designated refuge for endangered bat species.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.