Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.

A quiet, gothic haven nestled between Pittsburgh's Squirrel Hill and Point Breeze neighborhoods.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

From bench to vandalism to art, this silly prank seat was funny enough to become permanent.

Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.

The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.

This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.