A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

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

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This small exhibit explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the first known conjoined twins.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.

An abandoned amusement park based on the popular 1940s Red Ryder comic strip.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.