Front Royal, Virginia
Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.
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Front Royal, Virginia
This sprawling farm was once a Cold War-era hideaway for the nation's top diplomats.
Front Royal, Virginia
These buildings are a poignant reminder of the thousands of horses and mules who passed through this area of the Shenandoah Valley on their way to war.
Culpeper, Virginia
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
Brandy Station, Virginia
This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.
Mooresville, North Carolina
Delve into the world of auto racing at this museum with dozens of cars and racing memorabilia.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
This forest school's long history lets today's visitors experience resource management learnings in a beautiful environment.
Quicksburg, Virginia
An enormous warehouse filled with parade floats collected from over 50 years of patriotic celebrations.
Dorothy, West Virginia
This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.
Whitesville, West Virginia
A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.
Cherokee, North Carolina
Some North Carolina Cherokee have been keeping their history alive for decades with a single play.
Macon, Georgia
At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.
Morgan Island, South Carolina
4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.
Beaufort, South Carolina
This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."
Penn Yan, New York
This oversize piece of novelty cookware once cooked the largest pancake in the world.
Hammondsport, New York
Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.
Hammondsport, New York
In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.
Bluff Point, New York
One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.
Wolcott, New York
This elegant structure at the heart of a Finger Lakes town was originally a drinking fountain.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Rochester, New York
Comprehensive gaming collection of over 30,000 electronic games and consoles.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Rochester, New York
The Fox Sisters, America's leading mediums in the mid-19th century, possessed a table they claimed helped them "communicate" with the dead.
Rochester, New York
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.