This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

This abandoned church languishing for decades is now one man's passion project and subject of paranormal investigators.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

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

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The oldest church building in the state.

One of Ireland's most infamous prisons for rebels including men, women and children.

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

This permanent collection of preserved bodies taken from Irish bogs is one of the leading authorities on such morbid mummies.

One of the most popular megalithic sites in Ireland stands as a humbler version of Stonehenge.

Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.

This European portal tomb has a capstone that weighs around 150 tons.

Ancient Bronze Age rampart that was used into the middle ages.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

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

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.