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An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

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

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

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

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

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.