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

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

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

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

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

Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.

An underwater city for the dead.

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.

The final resting place of the most famous sharpshooter.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

These beautiful wineries were at the center of Lake Erie's "grape belt" back when the Midwest dominated American wine production.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

The decaying ruins of a failed mining company’s water diversion project cling to the side of a desert canyon.

The final resting spot of the Colorado Transportation Department's beloved unofficial mascot.