This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.

You can still ride this 100-year-old work of art in Brooklyn's largest public park.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

A popular European tradition makes its way to the states on one of America's most famous bridges.

The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.

Manhattan’s Battery Park has a whimsical carousel full of spinning, glowing fish.

A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.