A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

Discovered by a soldier during the Revolutionary War, these springs helped create an iconic South Carolina ginger ale.

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

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.