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A slab of sandstone covered with mysterious 1,000-year-old rock carvings from a vanished North American culture.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

This historic mansion was built as a symbol of love between a husband and wife.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

This tiny museum kept in a B&B laundry room holds the death mask of notorious bank robber Pretty Boy Floyd.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.