The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

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

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

These tall, red sandstone pinnacles outside Moab are often forgotten amid their more famous neighbors.

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Two creeks flow out of either end of this canyon in opposite directions.

It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.

For over a century, it has been a tradition to raise a flag at the top of this 450-foot sandstone pillar on the 4th of July.

This symbol of peace is appropriately positioned overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."

The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.

A mysteriously abandoned campsite in San Angelo State Park.

A tribute to the little-known group of women who were the first ever to fly aircraft in the U.S. military.

Legend says the horned lizard spent 31 years sealed in a time capsule before he was discovered alive.

Where Santa Claus held up a Texas bank and started a statewide manhunt.

An Americana dreamscape.

The house where the pulp fiction writer and Conan the Barbarian creator lived.