The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

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

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

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

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents are sitting in a field in Virginia.

Cheap art and political theater in Vermont.

This charming woodland trail is peppered with poetry.

An ancient glacial pothole waterfall in the heart of the Green Mountains.

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Beautiful hillside Vermont cemetery with amazing funerary art.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

Walk the same tracks that once ferried Gilded Age aristocrats to their vacation destinations.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.

This young woman's tombstone names her murderer, who is buried in the same cemetery.

The dress young Pierce wore prior to his breeching ceremony in the early 1800s is now on display for all to see.

One of the few brewers in the U.S. experimenting with hop-free beers.