This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

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

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

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

This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

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

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

John Hendrix predicted the creation of the "Secret City" built as part of the Manhattan Project.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.