A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A peaceful place in the woods where everything is a work in progress.

This one-room schoolhouse in rural Arkansas dates to the 1920s, but looks like it could be the 1820s.

This quirky Arkansas wax museum does not shy away from the macabre and the grotesque.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

At a site that has witnessed many significant events, according to the fictional Kcymaerxthaere, it is best known as the place of lunar discovery.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This abandoned Poconos resort is haunted by a history of kitschy romance and a violent fugitive.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.