Danese, West Virginia
Glade Creek Grist Mill
This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.
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Danese, West Virginia
This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
Unger, West Virginia
Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.
Towson, Maryland
The final resting place of an iconic drag performer is decorated with pearls and hot-pink lipstick.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Rocky Ridge, Maryland
First built around 1848, this bridge was destroyed by arson, but original timbers are included in the replacement.
Thurmont, Maryland
Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.
Thurmont, Maryland
Washed out by the Johnstown Flood in 1889, the surviving portion of the original two-span bridge now resides at Fishing Creek.
Jamestown, New York
Its original statue was deemed so ugly, locals called it “Scary Lucy.”
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Everett, Pennsylvania
A 20-foot-tall quarter commemorates George Washington’s ties to Bedford County.
Somerset, Pennsylvania
The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This covered bridge was used by both Union and Confederate troops during the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863.
Frederick, Maryland
A Civil War Museum with some notable medical antiques.
Binghamton, New York
A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown
Binghamton, New York
A memorial to the 1913 tragedy that helped protect the workers of the future.
Troy, New York
The original Uncle Sam was actually a New York meatpacker who is buried under this historic grave.
Warren, New Hampshire
Maybe the only missile installed in a public park, this Cold War leftover was one of the first to carry a nuclear warhead.
Meredith, New Hampshire
This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.