The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

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

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This monument marks the beginning journey of a wounded soldier's leg that ended up almost two states away.

This Civil War monument was designed by an eccentric architect and Gettysburg veteran.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

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

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A unique sculpture designed to raise stroke awareness.

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.