This Alaska library may be the only one in the country that allows you to check out pieces of taxidermy.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

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

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

The strange and snarky traditions of the lumber industry's fraternal order began with five men waiting for a train here in Arkansas.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

This historic cliffside mansion uses a natural cave for air conditioning.

Together they left this world, and together they shall remain for all eternity.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

Collection maintained by the legendary designer.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

Replica of an old Esso filling station, complete with Wayne gravity pump and outhouse.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.