A town wears its heart on the sleeve of a smiling girl, arms flung wide open in a cheerful greeting for all who encounter her.

Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

A gas station and a state sign commemorating the most famous claims of extraterrestrial abduction.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

This Wyoming town is fascinated by a particular mythical creature.

Population: 1.

Surrounded by a hundred mile radius of billboards, Little America is a roadside attraction whose primary appeal is hospitality.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

This railroad tunnel was once the longest in Massachusetts.

Once the largest gravity dam in the world.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

This abandoned neighborhood is now a park filled with beautiful trees, wildflowers, and hints of its past.

Once the largest public hospital for the mentally ill was also surrounded by controversy.

No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.

One of the smallest towns in the United States.

The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

For decades, it has disappeared and reappeared as water levels rise and fall.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

A mere dot on the map in the great north woods is the first place in America to vote in Presidential elections.

This site was once the largest ski jump tower in the world.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.