The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.

A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The oldest bridge in South Carolina may have been designed by the same man who created the Washington Monument.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

An eccentric priest's tribute to George Washington, this chapel tells the story of the American Revolution.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

Pennsylvania's own Roswell-style UFO mystery.

Originally a cemetery, this city park remains speckled with a handful of scattered gravestones.

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

This spot memorializes one of the greatest plays in NFL history, unless you happen to be a Raiders fan.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

The Paul Bunyan of the steel industry.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

The last street in Pittsburgh that's paved with wood.