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The Woodstock monument with the festival site beyond the fence.

Bethel, New York

Woodstock Site

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

Where Agloe would have been on a map.

Roscoe, New York

Agloe, New York

A fictional town that was briefly brought to life before fading once again out of existence.

2013 Sigma Derby Tournament.

Las Vegas, Nevada

The Last Remaining Sigma Derby Machine

Fans of vintage Vegas, kitsch, and toy pony-based gambling now flock to a casino called The D.

Bellagio Patisserie Chocolate Fountain

Las Vegas, Nevada

Bellagio Patisserie Chocolate Fountain

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Big Blue Bear

Denver, Colorado

Big Blue Bear

Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.

DeJarnette Sanitarium.
Permanently Closed

Staunton, Virginia

Abandoned DeJarnette Sanitarium

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Belle Boyd House

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Belle Boyd House

Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.

Big Apple Time Capsule

Martinsburg, West Virginia

Big Apple Time Capsule

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

Patsy's home in Winchester, Virginia

Winchester, Virginia

Patsy Cline's Childhood Home and Grave

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Mole Hill

Dayton, Virginia

Mole Hill

One of the last active volcanoes on the Eastern seaboard.

Humpback Bridge

Covington, Virginia

Humpback Bridge

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

Inside the cave

Beckley, West Virginia

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

The shelter's blast door

White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

Congressional Fallout Shelter at the Greenbrier Resort

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Ix Art Park

Charlottesville, Virginia

Ix Art Park

An abandoned textile mill that is now home to art and concerts.

Barboursville

Barboursville, Virginia

Barboursville Ruins

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Glade Creek Grist Mill

Danese, West Virginia

Glade Creek Grist Mill

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

An eight-foot bronze statue honoring the legacy of John Henry stands at the entrance of the Great Bend Tunnel in Talcott, West Virginia.

Talcott, West Virginia

John Henry Monument

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

Hickory Run Boulder Field

Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania

Hickory Run Boulder Field

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

Fostoria Oil Lamps

Moundsville, West Virginia

Fostoria Glass Museum

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

Morgantown PRT

Morgantown, West Virginia

Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

Place where you should stop to hear the ghosts

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Van Sant Crybaby Bridge

A historic covered bridge is but one example of an oddly prevalent American urban legend.

Boomer.

New Hope, Pennsylvania

Boomer

This strange, big-tailed beast became a Pennsylvania town's unofficial mascot.

Three levels of shopping stacked on top of one another, built above the world's largest underground aquarium, and centered around a full-blown indoor amusement park.

Bloomington, Minnesota

The Mall of America

Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...

Captain Joshua L. Chandler's Grave

Chincoteague, Virginia

Captain Joshua L. Chandler's Grave

The solitary grave of a schooner captain killed by lightning while serving biscuits.

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