This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Developed by focused shutterbugs, this museum exposes visitors to more than 6,000 different cameras.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

A little slice of Florida face-in-a-hole kitsch, unexpectedly located in a small New Mexico town.

A ghost town revived by hippies and wanderers throws its own special brand of holiday parade.

A unique geological area spiked with wind-carved rocks that resemble teepees.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

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

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.

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

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

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

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

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.

The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Settled by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1859, this abandoned frontier town has appeared in several films.