An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

This suburban house is made of dirt, and almost sparked a revolution in home construction.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

A grotesque Fiji merman dwells within this traditional Dutch-style building.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

This small museum is kept in a house that was integral to the genesis of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

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

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

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

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

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