Green Bank, West Virginia
Green Bank Telescope
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
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Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Riverton, West Virginia
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
Cabins, West Virginia
Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Keyser, West Virginia
This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Kenova, West Virginia
Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Rome, Italy
This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.
Monon, Indiana
Train cars and railroad artifacts abound at this restaurant devoted to railway history.
Modhera, India
An architectural marvel that dates back to the zenith of Indian architecture.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Washington, D.C.
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
Prášily, Czechia
A Cold War secret surveillance tower used to spy on radio communications.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.
London, England
An exercise in radical design and social living that became the epicenter of Soviet spy networks in London.
New York, New York
This study room in the New York Public Library saw the creation of one of contemporary America's greatest traitors.
Klamath, California
These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.
Washington, D.C.
Cold War intelligence agents monitored communist embassies from an attic in a former pigeon coop.
Herndon, Virginia
A secret rendezvous spot where John S. Mosby and his Rangers would meet to divvy up their loot after raids.
Tirana, Albania
A museum dedicated to secret surveillance.