This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The remains of a religious colony, its amusement park, zoo, and baseball empire.

This Pennsylvania structure, the oldest building in Gettysburg, was once a stop on the Underground Railroad.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

One of the 20th century’s most famous businessmen is buried in Houston’s most prestigious cemetery.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

Constructed by the younger brother of George Washington.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

This plaque celebrates the sister city relationship between Fredricksburg and Fréjus.

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

A monument first built to honor Confederate soldiers now honors their Union opponents.

The site of one of the deadliest skirmishes during the Battle of Fredricksburg.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

On the side of a Virginia highway, a collection of monuments commemorates an 18th-century trek through the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.