This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.

The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.

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

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Bizarre Cavern.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.