The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

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.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

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

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A local prank turned town icon.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.