This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

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

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

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

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

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

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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