Moundsville, West Virginia
Grave Creek Mound
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
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Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Hannibal, Ohio
This outdoor exhibit features a historic wooden dam once used to help boats navigate the Ohio River.
St Marys, West Virginia
A memorial honoring those who perished in one of the worst construction disasters in U.S. history.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Sutton, West Virginia
In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Sevierville, Tennessee
While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Sevierville, Tennessee
An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Townsend, Tennessee
This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.
Corbin, Kentucky
The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Dayton, Ohio
The world's first aircraft factory has been hiding inside an automobile plant for almost 80 years.
Dayton, Ohio
The childhood home of the Wright Brothers in Dayton.
Lexington, Kentucky
The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Fairborn, Ohio
Inside this wonderland of weird, visitors are treated to a collection ranging from skeletons to haunted artifacts.
Dayton, Ohio
A real flying saucer, contracted by the U.S. Air Force.
Dayton, Ohio
This stuffed pigeon of war had the very serious name "John Silver" until he lost a leg in battle.
Riverside, Ohio
Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.
Dayton, Ohio
You can walk through the first Boeing Air Force One, which famously carried JFK's casket from Dallas back to D.C.