Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

A local prank turned town icon.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

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

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

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

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

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.

This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

Please don’t anchor your boat onto the Department of Defense’s underwater data cables.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

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

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