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.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Knoxville, Maryland
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Louisville, Kentucky
The Midwestern United States' tribute to Michelangelo is a foam statue sprayed with gaudy gold paint.
Fremont, Ohio
After a battle with Congress, Webb C. Hayes installed the gates of the White House on the fence of his father's Presidential Library and Museum.
North Bend, Ohio
This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.
Marion, Ohio
Featuring one of the most complete and original collections of Presidential memorabilia, this is the site of the last front porch presidential campaigns.
Marion, Ohio
This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Cleveland, Ohio
A jukebox headstone marks the grave of the Cleveland disc jockey credited with coining the term “rock 'n' roll."
Cleveland, Ohio
This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Canton, Ohio
The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.
Stoystown, Pennsylvania
Remember and reflect at this 9/11 memorial site.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.