Places A Bear Wants to Go

Considered by many to be a local landmark and treasure.

The original location of Vollis Simpson’s Whirligigs.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

At the end of a street is a statue with no indication as to why it was created.

A monument commemorating the discoverer of radio astronomy.

In use from 1742 to 1910, only flat headstones were allowed in this cemetery.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

The C. A. Nothnagle Log House stands as the oldest surviving log cabin in the United States, offering a remarkable glimpse into America's colonial past.

A cemetery that holds graves for the forgotten children of a burned orphanage.

The lasting remains of a historic spa.

Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.

A sacred collection of indigenous rock art.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.

Come for the history lesson, stay for the mule-pulled boat rides.

Among the may artifacts on display is a clock made of 50,000 individual pieces of wood.

Erosion has transformed this sandstone boulder into a massive dune-filled cavern.

A literal in-depth look at one of the United States' most cherished coal mines and the questionable working conditions of its laborers

A bronze statue to commemorate the former president's visit to a local Polish-American festival.