Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

The oldest operating Mississippi River–style steamboat still navigates the Ohio River.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A commemoration of over 150 of St. Louis's favorite sons and daughters.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

A giant chess set, minus the psychedelic drug trip.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

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