Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.

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

The lasting remains of a historic spa.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

This historic fort spans more the 300 years.

This museum is dedicated to a Hollywood icon.

At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.

A living antique aviation museum in the historic town of Red Hook, New York.

This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

A forsaken wonder in the middle of the East Side neighborhood.

Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.

Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.

Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.

A historic ruin just 20 feet away from a busy highway onramp.

Inside the unassuming cemetery chapel is a magnificent stained glass window and mosaics.

Take an underground boat ride through a former hydraulic raceway that was built in the late 19th century.

The birthplace of America's favorite fruit-flavored mystery dessert.