A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

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

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

George Washington's dentures and Queen Victoria's dental instruments are in the nation’s official museum of the dental profession.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

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

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

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

The world's longest known cave system.