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

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

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

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.

This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.