This simple home was the beginning of a long journey for the iconic Western film star.

Collecting 700 years of mechanical death-dealing, the NRA's sprawling gun museum is a revealing testament to the American obsession with armament.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Bizarre Cavern.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

A throwback to 1980's gaming nostalgia.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

This Transylvania County city is home to a rare white squirrel population that is descended from an escaped carnival animal.

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

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

An annual celebration of the region's successful elk reintroduction program.

This handcrafted, old western-style town is filled with deserted cars, retired movie props, and other forms of Americana.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .