This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.

Known as the "Kissing Bridge" for its privacy, it also happens to be the last covered bridge in Ontario.

A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.

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

This historic furnace was once used to produce cannonballs during the Civil War.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.

A charming monument to a very special dog.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The ruins of this once-grand mansion are linked to one of the country’s most popular clothing brands.

This historic jailhouse was designed by famed architect Robert Mills.

A nearly century-old amusement park is quietly decaying in a riverside forest in South Carolina.

World's largest Christmas store.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

This giant, rotating globe was built to celebrate the expansion of a company that makes steam cleaners and pressure washers.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.