Ocracoke, North Carolina
Portsmouth Village
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
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Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Cooksburg, Pennsylvania
Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Bedford, Pennsylvania
This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.
Austin, Pennsylvania
When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.
Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Bethesda, Maryland
Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.
McLean, Virginia
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Breezewood, Pennsylvania
An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Hanover, Pennsylvania
One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Smithsburg, Maryland
A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.