Each winter this underground cave forms a dazzling ice palace.

On a picturesque lake island, a massive, “broken” crucifixion has become a popular pilgrimage destination.

Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.

A nearly 100-year-old dining car in upstate New York embodies the golden age of roadside dining.

In 1958, an MIT fraternity pledge laid down on this bridge and instituted a new, unique unit of measurement.

Weighing nearly 7 tons, this massive sculpture was carved out of 500-year-old wood and decorated with thousands of jewels.

The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

Founded by the famed children's book artist, this museum spreads an appreciation of the arts through picture books.

The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

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

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

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

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

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

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