A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

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

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

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

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

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

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

The last remaining building in Washington, D.C., built by H.H. Richardson, one of America's most iconic architects.

The hulking remains of the Leesburg Lime Company Kiln lie dormant behind a historical marker close to the W&OD trail.

Designated as an Underground Railroad research site.

Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.

Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.

This stimulating sex toy museum is sure to arouse the interest of its visitors.

Mural fragments and various sculptures honor the longtime artist.

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.

One of the earliest and best-preserved buildings in Charles County, Maryland.

Across from a hotel parking lot, a Confederate spy rests under a large tombstone with her Union Veteran husband behind a copse of trees in a small, well-maintained cemetery.

In 1889, a small group of women began meeting to discuss literature, art, and other topics. Their every-other-week salon grew into a lending library that still exists today.

This former train station was once an important shipping depot for the regions farmers.

This millstone-topped marker details the history of a mill that served as a landmark for both Union and Confederate soldiers during the American Civil War.

The last remaining location of a drive-up hot dog stand named after a local pool shark.