A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

This former zinc operation has a 90-year toxic history.

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

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.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

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

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

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