Formerly the most gerrymandered district in the U.S., it twisted and turned along racial borders.

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

This large stone residence served as a field hospital during the Battle of Gettysburg between stints as a tavern.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A diorama of the Civil War, fought by cats.

Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

At this Nashville restaurant, cheese and charcuterie arrive via conveyor belt.

A semi-scholarly approach to sex.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A 30-foot-tall cement chair pays tribute to a historic design and a local industry.

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

Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.

This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

This 18-foot-tall public art installation is another of sculptor Thomas Dambo's trolls.

The small town of Poulsbo in Washington state is the next best thing to the Kingdom of Norway.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.