This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

The site of the little-known Pennsylvania battle that sparked the Seven Years' War.

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

This evocatively named natural crevasse was created by a torrent of water that smashed right through a granite deposit.

One man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in Detroit.

Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Bjork, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.

This iconic meat-and-three seasons every dish with ancestral cooking knowledge from South Carolina’s Lowcountry.

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

East Nashville's oldest dive bar will bring you back to life with animal-style bar fare.

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

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

Penn State's giant bug collection.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

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

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

A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.

Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.