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

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

Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.

The oldest continually operating golf course in the United States.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

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

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

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

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

WWII-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers. .

A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.