There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

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

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

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

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

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

A tribute to one of the most famous cowboys on TV, and the consumerism that fueled his popularity.

One of the last few period-correct, hand-operated canal locks in the country.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.