In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The explorer Captain Cook may have named it White Island, but the Maori call it Te Puia o Whakaari – The Dramatic Volcano.

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

A white oak with property rights.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

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

Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.

These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.