The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.

One of the world's largest model railroads is a mind-boggling achievement.

An indoor miniature village and labor of love for Laurence Geiringer, a model railroad enthusiast.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

One of the final grand railway depot hotel complexes is slowly being restored to its former glory.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

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

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

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

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

Penn State's giant bug collection.

This lush forest valley was once mined for lumber to the extent that it was once nicknamed "The Pennsylvania Desert."

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.

A bygone village occupation lives on via this quaint public chalkboard.