This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.