The slate extracted from these Pennsylvania quarries was once hailed as the finest in the world.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A local prank turned town icon.

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

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

The taxidermy remains of the most popular pony in children's literature.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

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

The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

Step back in time on this preserved 1800s farm.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.