Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This abandoned asylum was once a state of the art facility before devolving into one of the most deadly mental institutions in American history.