The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

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

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.

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

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.