This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

Approximately 250,000 people left homeless by the great earthquake and fires found shelter in Golden Gate Park.

The remains of a ruined mansion memorialize the 1906 earthquake.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

The highest point on the island known for buildings that touch the sky.

Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."

The house that Frank Lloyd Wright "(shook) out of his sleeve at will" at the age of 86.

Peek through the gates at this oasis from the city, full of Old English charm.

This fully intact Neoclassical-Greek Revival style firehouse operated until 1938.

Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.

California's oldest existing theater building hosted an impressive cast of celebrities, including hosting Mark Twain's first lecture.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

This "second" cemetery represents New Orleans' attempt to keep cholera at bay.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.

The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.

Named the fifth most beautiful building in America in 1885, this former courthouse boasts the best view in the Village.

Featuring the the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world.