Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

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

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

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

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

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

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.