This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

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

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.

One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.

A unique work of art that was created without permission.

These conical kilns measure an impressive 30 feet in diameter, and were once used to produce charcoal for a local blast furnace.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

The graffiti-covered remnants of a former triangulation station are balanced precariously on this California peak.

This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.

An underground city of salt.

The former Nazi Germany concentration camp stands as a museum to remember this dark chapter in European history.

The world's largest outdoor organ is played weekly by one of just two civic organists in the U.S.

Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."

This natural rock "church" might not be a proper chapel but that doesn't mean it's not beautiful.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

This once-private estate is now a dreamy, meditative garden that's open to the public.

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

The largest glacial erratic boulder on Cape Cod.

These unusual houses look like giant boats that washed ashore on a residential street.

What began as an illegal art installation has become a symbol for unity, ocean awareness, and coastline preservation.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

"A hideous albatross in the Hudson River Valley."

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.