The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.

One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.

This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.

A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

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

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This memorial to World War II's fallen airmen shows us the movements of the stars that once guided them.

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.

A Trabant car, a kangaroo statue, and a plethora of plants take over this abandoned-factory-turned-bar.