In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Hollywood's most famous landmark, the "temporary" sign that has stood for decades longer than intended.

Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.

NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.

A prohibition era watering hole for the police.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

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

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.