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

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

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

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.

Yo, Adrian!

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

A museum dedicated exclusively to aircraft used in the military.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.