Mount Airy, North Carolina
The Grave of Chang and Eng Bunker
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
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Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Roanoke, Virginia
An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.
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.
Clear Fork, West Virginia
A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.
Wytheville, Virginia
The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Toledo, Ohio
A 30-foot stack of piano keys memorializes one of the greatest keys players in jazz history.
Detroit, Michigan
Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.
Detroit, Michigan
The concrete shell of an industry giant remains as a playground for graffiti artists, auto scrappers, and paintball warriors.
Detroit, Michigan
One of Detroit’s oldest blues clubs stands in defiance of the passage of time and the city’s shifting fortunes.
Detroit, Michigan
This railway-turned-greenway provides a pedestrian link in downtown Detroit and celebrates urban artwork.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Cleveland, Ohio
A wonderful and easily overlooked museum tucked in Ohio's Burke Lakefront Airport.
Zanesville, Ohio
A circle of giant painted vases in the former pottery capital of the United States.
Cambridge, Ohio
A tribute to one of the most famous cowboys on TV, and the consumerism that fueled his popularity.
Cambridge, Ohio
Hundreds of 19th-century characters descend upon an Ohio town every autumn.
Cleveland, Ohio
The ruins of the suspension bridge hang over Kingsbury Run as a ghost of racial prejudice.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Littleton, Colorado
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the Columbine High School shootings.
Denver, Colorado
Curios, scientific antiques, oddities for sale.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This humble star-gazing center touts itself as the "Birthplace of American Astronomy."
Three Forks, Montana
These giant metal horses graze on a hilltop near the Montana highway.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.