Wheeling, West Virginia
Sweeney Punch Bowl
The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.
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Wheeling, West Virginia
The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.
O'Leary, Prince Edward Island
Made from local Irish moss, this pie is served only in Prince Edward Island's potato museum.
Murphy, North Carolina
The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Alto, Georgia
Where school buses go to die and be reborn as whimsical works of art.
Cleveland, Georgia
A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Burlington, Vermont
Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Joplin, Missouri
A small museum dedicated to the whimsical tool that turns sugar cookies into works of art.
Beckley, West Virginia
A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.
Charleston, West Virginia
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.