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A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

An abandoned railroad tunnel transformed into a creepy path for hikers and cyclists.

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

This public space is speckled with the eerie remnants of a defunct amusement park.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

A bronze statue of Mister Rogers in the neighborhood where he grew up.

A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.

Housing the history of a small Ohio town that is known to some as the pottery capital of the United States.

The universally beloved children's television figure is interred on a high hilltop in one of western Pennsylvania's oldest cemeteries.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

After covering almost 1.5 billion acres, the survey's still not finished.