The graffitied ruins stand hidden within the Pennsylvania woods.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

On a dusty county road sit the ruins of a ghost town's abandoned church.

A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

An abandoned mine where dreams of quicksilver trickled away over 75 years ago.

An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.

A dam that moonlights as a gigantic, brutalist waterslide.

A recreated Stonehenge stands in a country field, complete with Easter Island moai heads standing as sentries.

No one is sure why this mysterious tradition started.

This unique tower has been home to malaria-fighting bats for 100 years.

This small, 19th-century structure is all the remains of a once lively travelers' inn that General Robert E. Lee frequented.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

Water still flows through the oldest Spanish aqueduct in America.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

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

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.