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The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

An eponymous directional signpost erected by the first president of the United States.

A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.

Extraordinary objects lurk in this quintessential regional museum.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

The poems Nathaniel Hawthorne and his wife Sophia etched into its windows are still visible today.

This area was once known for being a lawless haven for rough-and-tumble sailors, earning the maritime-themed nickname "the black sea."

This stone tower in a small town's graveyard looks as though it would be more at home in a fairy tale.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.

At the supposed instruction of Ben Franklin and Socrates, a Spiritualist believer intended to birth a mechanical messiah here.

This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.

Sacks of potatoes, made of cast stone, mark where the iconic potato sheds once stood along the river.

One of the indelible moments of the American Revolution took place at this location.

An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

New England's "Witches of Eastwick" locations, in all of their quaint white churched glory.

Historic Hull Street was actually the first street with a proper name in the Boston area.

American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.