Elberton, Georgia
Georgia Guidestones
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
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Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Detroit, Michigan
Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.
Hohenwald, Tennessee
This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.
Sewanee, Tennessee
Mysterious library of an infamous financier and spiritual seeker.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Clinton, Tennessee
This Tennessee manse was built so opulent that the very utilities doomed it to fail.
Adams, Tennessee
Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.
Palmyra, Tennessee
Crumbling Kennedys and a decaying Tecumseh are just some of the haunting remains of one man's cement art trail.
Cave-In-Rock, Illinois
River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.
Erin, Tennessee
Hiding behind a grocery store is a spectacular cavern carved as part of an old limestone quarry.
Smithland, Kentucky
An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.
Calvert City, Kentucky
A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.
Brownsville, Tennessee
An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.