St. Augustine, Florida
Castle Otttis
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
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St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Atlanta, Georgia
The home of a 19th-century author who brought African-American folktales to the mainstream is now Atlanta’s oldest house museum.
Atlanta, Georgia
A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.
Richmond, Virginia
This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
The first space rock known to have struck a human.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
Charleston, South Carolina
This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.
Charleston, South Carolina
The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.
Thomson, Georgia
Built in 1785, this residence is the oldest stone house in Georgia.
Fitzgerald, Georgia
The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.
Tryon, North Carolina
The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Savannah, Georgia
This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Gainesville, Georgia
A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Summerville, Georgia
This "Plant Farm Museum" is home to the divinely inspired and visionary outsider artwork of Reverend Howard Finster.
Columbus, Georgia
A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.
Atlanta, Georgia
3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Cherry Log, Georgia
An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.