This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The only one-room schoolhouse remaining in Talbot County, Maryland.

The last remains of one of the oldest and largest oak trees in the United States calls this state park home.

The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.

This Harriet Tubman mural went viral for kids interacting with it.

Home to the first child born to English colonists in North America, this colony mysteriously disappeared while waiting for supplies.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

The world's longest known cave system.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

This haunted hotel built on natural springs once served as a hospital for a quack doctor promising a cure for cancer.

A home designed to be on the cutting edge of comfortable, low-cost living.

This monument marks the point where Oklahoma, Kansas, and Missouri intersect.

Once a giant oak that served as the region's post office.