The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

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

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

What better place to take a seat?

This papier-mâché diorama celebrates an unusual landmark: the brightly-colored runoff from a local sock factory.

One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

Whimsical bronze sculptures of smiling coins and houses await visitors to this park.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.