A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and was later converted into a cocktail bar.

This demolished goliath of American industry once loomed over the depressed town it once made thrive.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

In the bowels of a 19th-century brewery lurks a fine-dining restaurant offering an array of themed feasts.

Where America's first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

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.

The local community brought back this land to transform it into a nature preserve.

The only surviving 19th-century water-powered mill found in the Washington, D.C. area.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.

A fake mine that was made using real mining techniques which is also used as a community center.

Take a self-guided tour through one of Colorado's most elevated mining districts.

Unlike most arches, this geological oddity formed in a volcanic dike.

A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.

A mental health hospital dating back more than 139 years, now features a museum.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

An abandoned sawmill from more than 134 years ago stands testament to the ambition of one man.