Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

When local government began removing public benches, the public pushed back, and vibrant, community-built seating now outnumbers the official shelters at Chattanooga bus stops.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

This beloved American snack was conceived by a hungry coal miner.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.

These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

A 19th-century mill complex once powered by three waterways still leaves visible traces in the woods.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.