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

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

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

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Dubbed the "smallest church in America," this tiny sanctuary was a local grocer's dream come true.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This strange, small castle on the bayou has withstood the test of time and weather.

According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.

A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.

The beautiful, fruit-covered facade hints at this building's former life.

After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.

The only rotating bar in New Orleans has been slowly spinning since 1949.