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

This family-run roadside motel is an ode to the mid-century motor era.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The Branch Davidian compound known as the Mount Carmel Center became the site of one of the most controversial law enforcement operations in U.S. history.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

This technicolor classic diner is known for its nine-pound banana splits and retro flair.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

A 100-foot metal tower and swinging bridge that provides stunning views of mountains in five states.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

Visit the site where the original Krispy Kreme doughnut was made back in 1937.