This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

This relief sculpture depicts America’s most famous coffee break.

An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

Star-spangled and 38 feet tall.

A human attendant once directed car traffic from this structure before automated stoplights.

American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.

One of America's first spies started out as a teacher in this little red one-room schoolhouse.

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

The secluded beach getaway from Wes Anderson's dreamy summer romance.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.