A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

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

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

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

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

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.