Galveston, Texas
The Grand 1894 Opera House
Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.
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Galveston, Texas
Despite changing times, the legendary stage has proved the show must always go on.
Galveston, Texas
This private mansion turned Catholic bishop’s home is an iconic Galveston building.
Galveston, Texas
The historic tall ship is one of just three of its kind still sailing open waters today.
Galveston, Texas
A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.
Riverdale, Georgia
A vision of beautiful Hindu architecture in the middle of the American South.
Fitzgerald, Georgia
The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Basel, Switzerland
The smallest museum in Basel, Switzerland, is a two-foot-by-two-foot window in the door of a 600-year-old house.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Stroll among more than 50 large-scale sculptures created by world-class artists.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Florence, South Carolina
"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.
Hartsville, South Carolina
The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.
Bishopville, South Carolina
One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This family-owned diner has been slinging chili dogs since 1940.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.
Winnabow, North Carolina
From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A mini-Stonehenge in the corner of the North Carolina state capitol grounds.