Green Bank, West Virginia
Green Bank Telescope
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
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Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Canonsburg, Pennsylvania
Nothing says indulgence like a 1,500-pound chocolate castle.
Buzescu, Romania
Roma who struck it rich in the 1980s built extravagant mansions in this small Romanian town.
Shanghai, China
This psychedelic tourist trap is a leisurely descent into madness.
New Castle, Pennsylvania
This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.
Tionesta, Pennsylvania
For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Rogers, Arkansas
Learn all about this iconic air rifle without putting an eye out.
Townsend, Tennessee
Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Kennerdell, Pennsylvania
An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.
Brookville, Pennsylvania
Dozens upon dozens of boulders engraved with scripture tell the story of one man's troubled life.
Flåm, Norway
One of the most breathtaking railways in Europe also takes one of the steepest climbs, from fjord to mountain plateau.
Flåm, Norway
A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.
Oslo, Norway
In downtown Oslo, a menacing and terrifying relief clings to a church wall.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Williamstown, Kentucky
A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.