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A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

If New Orleans is the birthplace of the "cocktail," why does their own museum of cocktail memorabilia beg to differ?

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

A bronze sculpture of a white dove commissioned by Pope Benedict XVI.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

This Hattiesburg museum honors Black Americans who have served in the military, highlighting homegrown heroes.

This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A brewpub dedicated to unusual artwork in Historic Downtown Panama City.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

The controversial urban planner who designed Washington, D.C., was buried in Maryland, and can presently be found in Virginia.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.