Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

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

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

A mass grave for victims of one of the city’s worst fires.

New York's oldest concrete structure is being preserved thanks to the gentrification of Whole Foods.

A Victorian cemetery in the heart of Brooklyn remains a popular mecca of morbid curiosity.

A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.

A hidden architectural treasure in New York's Brooklyn.

Cryptid lake monster honored with its own monument.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, Vermont.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

The site of a fallen tree that protected Americans from British forces during the American Revolution.

This forlorn park is the result of a failed investment turned tax dodge.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

The real-life site of Ichabod Crane's infamous gourd attack.

Pulled from the rubble of one of the worst modern tragedies, a steel crossbeam became a symbol of hope for New Yorkers.

A tree that grows parallel to the ground was declared Brooklyn's "crowning curio" by the poet who saved it.

This plot of old-growth forest is the largest surviving remnant of New York City's original woodland.

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

A condo complex once housed a boarding school with the 24th U.S. Vice President among its notable alumni.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."