This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

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

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.