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

The center preserves and houses artifacts ranging from the colonial era to modern times from across Appalachia.

It may appear to be a fancy junk yard, but each item has a story to tell and a lesson to impart.

The first burial place of the Harmonist Society, a utopian community for which the surrounding town of Harmony is named.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

A painted-over wall in Detroit originally built to segregate a black community from an adjacent white development.

A park and memorial dedicated to the victims of the deadliest school massacre in American history.

Abandoned for over a century, this chilling train tunnel is now a destination for ghost hunters.

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.

The radical suffragist left striking words on her tombstone.

Not even a series of devastating fires could keep this odd castle in upstate New York from bouncing back.

An upstate New York garage advertises its services by literally putting the automobile above all else.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.