This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.

A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Each step is a mere four inches tall, said to be measured by the stride of a woman wearing a hobble skirt.

A museum commemorating the Donora Smog, which killed 20 people in October 1948 and sparked national outrage over air pollution.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.

Bizarre Cavern.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

A miniature golf course crafted inside the world's largest simulated cave.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

An occult-y, historic hotel with the World's Largest Ouija board on the roof.

Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

In the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, a statue memorializing a prolific bull elephant.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

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