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

The only recreation of William Shakespeare's indoor playhouse.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

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.

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

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

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

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

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