America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

This monument is dedicated to those lost on June 6, 1944, in the town with that day’s highest per-capita casualty rate.

These unusual rooms on wheels are holdovers from the 1960s.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

The center preserves and houses artifacts ranging from the colonial era to modern times from across Appalachia.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Once home to a booming 19th-century oil town, the park now houses a World War II submarine memorial complete with a torpedo.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.