Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

This ancient art form was used to capture the lives and struggles of the Haywood Street ministry.

A 315-foot spire jutting out from the Blue Ridge Mountains makes for breathtaking views.

Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

The oldest volcanology research center in the world.

The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.

Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.

Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.

The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.

A crumbling watchtower and a lighthouse overlooks the site believed to be the Sirens' cliff in the "Odyssey."

The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.

This bronze boy sits on one of Capri's rocky cliffs, waving at the passing boats.

This miniature feudal castle was built on a whim to honor a US Navy pioneer.

The massive Roman arch in New Hampshire that was meant to be a tomb.

Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.