An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.

The highest point in Iowa, while not that impressive to mountain states, has earned its own monuments.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Bizarre Cavern.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The Dover International Speedway is home to a towering, concrete-skinned, racecar-hungry behemoth.

The highest point in Delaware is located under a trailer so this marker across the street will have to do.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.