An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

This museum glorifies the humble potato.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

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

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

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

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

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

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.