Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Oregon's unexpected high desert, displaying layers of time in a colorful show.

The magic's in the hole!

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.