This museum celebrates a legendary railroad photographer whose personal life was as dramatic as his photos.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

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

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

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

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

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.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

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

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

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A mountaintop space observatory that is certified dark.

An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.

An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."

This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

Mysterious ancient boulder carved with petroglyphs in the mountains of Western North Carolina.