Lyndhurst, Virginia
Swannanoa Palace
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
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Lyndhurst, Virginia
This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Warm Springs, Virginia
Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.
Richmond, Virginia
A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.
Centreville, Virginia
Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.
Gloucester Courthouse, Virginia
This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.
Herndon, Virginia
An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.
Wall, South Dakota
One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Greencastle, Indiana
Display that gathers the basic elements of the universe in one convenient location.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Molson, Washington
This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
Chichibu, Japan
This quirky little private museum is home to more than a thousand stones, carved by nature, that resemble human faces.
Schenectady, New York
This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.
Almenno San Bartolomeo, Italy
An eclectic collection of highly specialized bicycles once used by artisans for their specific needs.
Hamden, Connecticut
Amazing views of Long Island Sound can be seen from this mountaintop tower.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.