Mechanicsville, Virginia
The Ghost Church
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
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Mechanicsville, Virginia
The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Each tide uncovers a shoreline where Virginia’s prehistoric past washes up.
Yorktown, Virginia
A small cave with a larger-than-life legend.
Lima, Ohio
This burger joint is named after everyone's favorite carnival prize and is adorned with a giant one over the door.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Alton, Illinois
A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.
St. Louis, Missouri
Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
St. Louis, Missouri
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
Union Township, Missouri
A flat slab of stone perched hundreds of feet above the Gasconade River in the northern Ozark mountains.
Cairo, Egypt
The massive cave church of Cairo's Zabbaleen community is one of the largest Christian churches in the Middle East.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
Lorain, Ohio
A former Canadian automobile ferry mysteriously appeared in the Black River 20 years ago, and now it quietly rusts away.
Bay Village, Ohio
The overgrown remains of an old rail bridge rise above the valley like ancient Greek ruins.
Bentleyville, Ohio
Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.
Euclid, Ohio
This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.
Mentor, Ohio
A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.
Chardon, Ohio
Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.
Seville, Ohio
In the Mound Hill Cemetery resides the final resting place of the world's tallest couple.
West Liberty, Ohio
This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.