Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

The ruins of a 19th-century mill are hidden along a greenway in a prominent Charlotte neighborhood.

This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

This anonymous businessman sculpted in bronze became an enduring memorial after 9/11, and had been mistaken by rescue workers for a survivor in the rubble.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

The last refinements in the North Carolina-South Carolina boundary were marked with this stone.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

A chapel built by Italian POWs during World War II tells a forgotten tale of the war on the home front.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A man's home is his castle.