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In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

"You don't need a rocket scientist to build a steam engine, but we've got one." -Museum docent on the credentials of a restoration volunteer.

The iconic remains of the original Academic Hall that burned down in 1892.

This miniature museum is home to a vast array of insects.

Named after an outlaw who used the basin as a hideout.

On the upper deck of this church-owned parking garage stand eight pillars topped with different Catholic saints.

A freighter full of exotic animals ends a harrowing voyage impaled on uncharted rocks in the Boston Harbor.

A disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright built an experimental, partially underground home in the desert.

A unique collection of Western and Japanese-style graves.

This small hilltop church weaves the urban history of Washington, D.C. with the national history of the United States.

Hidden behind an empty field resides this early 19th-century cemetery.

This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.

The tragic death of 19-year-old Mabel Tainter in 1886 led to the construction of this unique Victorian-era theater in the northern woods of Wisconsin.

The only bridge in the United States where BASE jumping is legal without a permit year-round.

This Mississippi seminary was the first in America to train Black Catholic priests.

A massive, majestic mammal watches over pedestrians from his perch atop a former B.P.O.E. lodge.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

Members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs still net migrating salmon in the traditional way at this cataract on the Deschutes River.

One of the last mosaic tile facades found in the city.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.

Collection of scores of race cars from the 1900s to recent lovingly maintained and displayed.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the history of sprint car racing, next to one of the country's most historic dirt tracks.