The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

If a visit to this farmhouse feels as if you are stepping into an artistic masterpiece, you’d be right.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

One of the oldest used bookstores in the U.S. has been selling antiquarian treasures since 1825.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

In 1869, Swiss and German immigrants settled in this small town in the mountains of West Virginia.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

An equine tribute in a charming Southern city that calls itself "The Horse Capital of the World."

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.