The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

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

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

An iconic 1960s theater with a Buckminster Fuller-style geodesic dome.

This larger-than-life portrait in Nevada's silver boomtown is decorated with over 3,000 silver dollars.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

Curiously, this large sporting goods store features 14 wax representations of American presidents.

The smallest country in the world.

The ruins of a military outpost from the 1860s form the centerpiece of a Nevada state park.

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.

The arch that celebrated the completion of the Lincoln and Victory highways.

What began as a prominent Burning Man art piece is now an iconic symbol of downtown Reno.

Experience the pivotal Civil War battle at this interactive museum.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

In the 1920s, this stretch of Roanoke became home to a thriving Black community.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

An oft-overlooked, magically musical monolith that stands majestically between Arlington Cemetery and the Iwo Jima Memorial.

A battleship’s mast sits atop a turret-like memorial, commemorating those who lost their lives in one of the precipitating events of the Spanish-American War.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.