The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

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

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

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

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

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The U.S.' first commercial park dedicated entirely to flying drones.

The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.

One North Dakota man's vast collection of rare rocks, polished orbs, and geological wonders.