Martinsburg, West Virginia
Belle Boyd House
Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.
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Martinsburg, West Virginia
Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.
Thomas, West Virginia
Catch rising stars of Appalachia’s music scene before they make it big at this restaurant and community hub.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Barboursville, West Virginia
This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.
Brooklyn, West Virginia
The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.
Eglon, West Virginia
The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.
Unger, West Virginia
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Cleveland, Ohio
Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.
Cleveland, Ohio
The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.
Cincinnati, Ohio
A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An obsolete, vanishing traffic device warns Cincinnati drivers away from middle-of-the-road obstructions.
Richmond, Virginia
The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.
Baltimore, Maryland
Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.
Baltimore, Maryland
A model home in the Medical Examiner's Office in which grisly death scenes are staged to train forensic investigators.
Baltimore, Maryland
Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.