The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

A whale of a public art display towers atop Juneau's cruise ship dock.

A 30-mile-long glacially-carved canyon leads to a massive pair of glaciers.

A historic area for shopping and dining in Ketchikan's former red-light district.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

At this studio, musicians, engineers, and quite possibly a music-loving ghost carry on Puerto Rico's musical traditions.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.

A dark, dank room in subterranean Manhattan was the site of a ghastly murder.

The oldest operating apothecary in the US has treated everyone from Thomas Edison to Mark Twain.

The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

The sister plane of the C-123 shot down during the Iran-Contra Affair has found a new purpose in retirement.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

A monument to a survivor of harsh pioneer life, frostbite, and primitive surgery.