Fayetteville, West Virginia
New River Gorge Bridge
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
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Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Dublin, Georgia
The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.
Athens, Georgia
After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.
Macon, Georgia
At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.
Elberton, Georgia
Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.
Marietta, Georgia
An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Columbus, Georgia
Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.
Columbus, Georgia
Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."
Fitzgerald, Georgia
The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.
Savannah, Georgia
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
Saint Simons Island, Georgia
Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.
Americus, Georgia
HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.
Augusta, Georgia
Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.
Thomasville, Georgia
This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.
Macon, Georgia
The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.
Cordele, Georgia
A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.
Fayetteville, Georgia
Giant instrument-shaped home in Fayetteville, Georgia.
Atlanta, Georgia
This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.
Atlanta, Georgia
Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.
Plains, Georgia
This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.