Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

An original apothecary from 1792.

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

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

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

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

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

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Weighing 30,000 pounds, this monument represents Detroit's first industrial era.

This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

This eclectic collection documents the wild legacies of "America's Wickedest Street."

Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.

Historic, 19th-century wagon wheel ruts cut into soft volcanic ash.

Once a lonely sentinel on the edge of the Great Plains, this rebuilt trading fort offers a glimpse of life on the Santa Fe Trail.

A river runs through this remote valley in a very unexpected way.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.