Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

This park offers a variety of sights and activities including trail rides and buffalo sightings.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

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

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

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

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

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

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

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

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.