With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

An elderly widow still operates the incredibly detailed model railroad she and her husband built by hand.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

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

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.