Sunset, South Carolina
Sassafras Mountain
The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.
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Sunset, South Carolina
The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.
Johns Creek, Georgia
The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Murphy, North Carolina
The world's largest set of the ten commandments lay nestled in the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Walhalla, South Carolina
An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.
Gainesville, Georgia
A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Blairsville, Georgia
An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.
Montrose, Pennsylvania
Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The last remnants of Fort Pitt also hold the distinction of being the oldest structure west of the Allegheny Mountains.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
A pride of the state, this working museum crafts pottery mosaics in the style of Pennsylvania's earliest European settlers.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Loretto, Pennsylvania
The mortal remains of a Russian prince, priest and paranormal investigator who came to America in 1792.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Ercolano, Italy
For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Cleveland, Ohio
Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.
Cleveland, Ohio
The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.
Cleveland, Ohio
A history of tragedy and a pile of eerie stories have contributed to this house's consistent ranking as one of the most haunted places in Ohio.
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.