Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

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

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

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

This hands-on museum houses roughly 80 vintage pinball machines and arcade games.

Catch beautiful views at the graffitied observation deck on this mountain top.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

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

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

The fifth tallest statue in the United States is a shirtless monument to the oil worker.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.

A B-17 bomber stands as a memorial to the residents of Tulare County who served in World War II.

A dwindling menagerie of anthropomorphic oil derrick animals still dot the barren California landscape.

Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Far out of its comfort zone, this sequoia was planted as a symbol of the connection between Visalia and its neighboring national park.

Where a railroad loops under or over itself to rise or drop more than 70 feet in a short distance.