Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.

The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.

The world's largest rotating world.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

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

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

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

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

The unique traffic pattern named for an influential urban planner is also known as the Pedestrian Scramble.

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

A gregarious Ohio resident has been building his whimsical temple to peace for decades.

The 25th President's marble casket can be visited in this classical Ohio tomb.

Mausoleums, astronomy, and animatronic dinosaurs at this memorial to an assassinated American president.

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.