A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.

One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.

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.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

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

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

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

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.

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

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

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

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.