Oak Hill, West Virginia
Hank Williams Death Monument
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
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Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
State College, Pennsylvania
No one knows who painted this mysterious mural in a Penn State basement.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.
Lewistown, Pennsylvania
A small granite block at this monument's base is the only part of Lincoln's Tomb outside of Illinois.
Waterford, Pennsylvania
The only statue of its kind to commemorate Washington's beginnings as an officer of the British Colonial Militia.
Mars, Pennsylvania
Could it have picked a better place to land?
Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania
An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.
Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania
The final resting place of the Hollywood star who came to a tragic end.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This public park was the site of the largest civilian disaster of the Civil War.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest of its kind.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.
Irwin, Pennsylvania
This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.
Bradford, Pennsylvania
This collection honors the iconic, and proudly American lighter that just won't quit.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.
Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania
The pop art icon's gravesite is broadcast 24 hours a day on his museum's website.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.