One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

Recorded as the first person buried in Arlington Cemetery.

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

A small chapel celebrating the spiritual bond between dogs and humans.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

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

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

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

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

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

An ever-growing collection of rare and strange objects owned by local Arkansas illusionist Maxwell Blade.

The final remnant of the Arkansas zinc industry is this historically protected ghost town.

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

The bad-ass ride of a soul legend, housed in one of the world's few soul museums.