A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This pharmacist and his patient greet visitors to the National Community Pharmacists Association.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The system of air guns are fired off remotely to scare any trespassing avians.

This church built atop a gas station promises to "equip you for the next stage in your life’s journey."

The romance of early commercial flight still fills this Art Deco destination.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.