North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

An original apothecary from 1792.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

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

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

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.