Places A Bear Wants to Go

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

One of the oldest log cabins in America is one of the last of its kind this historic Swedish dwelling remains a piece of living history.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

A simple plaque remembers an act of WWI terrorism that obliterated an island and forever scarred the Statue of Liberty.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

This ominously named New Jersey street seems to be attracting over-the-top legends of its own making.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.

Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.

The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.

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

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Local lore claims this park is named after a young woman who jumped off a cliff.