A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

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

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

There is no trying to fall in love with this Star Wars fountain, you just do or do not.

The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.

Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.

A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.

Was there a small "backpack nuke" hidden in the attic? JFK apparently thought so.

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

Built in 1945, this historic train station has a new lease on life with its baggage area serving as an event space.