This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

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

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

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

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

One of the oldest Black communities in western North Carolina and one of the largest Black Mennonite congregations in the country.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.

This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.

For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.

A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.

An enormous cat made of recycled wood scraps.

This isolated community does not want you to visit.

Toxic waste disaster that founded the Superfund program.

One of Frank Lloyd Wright's greatest—and favorite—architectural masterpieces was almost lost.

A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

An off the grid woodland retreat that harkens back to days long forgotten.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

Home on the Hillside, and home of the first breakfast cereal.