Winston-Salem, North Carolina
The Last Shell Oil Clamshell Station
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Charleston, South Carolina
Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Montgomery, Alabama
Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.
Kernersville, North Carolina
Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.
Silver City, Georgia
The remains of one of America's first radiation testing grounds still rest ominously in a Georgia forest.
Summerville, Georgia
Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.
Marion, Virginia
An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.
Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Asheville, North Carolina
A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
An overgrown garden stands as a grim marker of an unrealized dream.
Austin, Texas
Unusual house, in an unusual neighborhood, home to some very unusual peanuts.
Austin, Texas
Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."
Conroe, Texas
The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.
Austin, Texas
This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.
El Paso, Texas
The wreckage of a crash that killed nine people still litters the Franklin Mountains.
San Antonio, Texas
This big empty pig is a nostalgic throwback to mid-20th-century Texas barbecue.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.