The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.

This sound-art installation features songs composed using only the Mid-Hudson Bridge as an instrument.

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.

A local prank turned town icon.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

Intricate storybook scenes are tucked inside these shadow boxes, which are tucked inside a library in the Pocono Mountains.

100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.

A 19th-century blast furnace that played a big role in the area’s industrial development.

Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.

An approximately 500 million-year-old rock outcropping covered in fossilized bacteria.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.