This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

World's smallest skyscraper, the product of a remarkable con.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

This is one really big nut.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This 47-foot chile pepper sculpture welcomes Scoville heat unit obsessed tourists to the Big Chile Inn.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

The remains of a boarding school designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.

One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

This constitutionally sound Muffler Man harkens back to the days these attractions were a must-see.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

Get your gift of the gab on Route 66.