A sculpture made from recycled materials and hand-blown glass dedicated to transportation and transformation.

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

Dedicated to the "King of Soul."

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

The Harlem Renaissance poet and activist wrote, organized, and hosted travelers in this Lynchburg, Virginia oasis.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

A quintet of history museums make this Virginia graveyard as much a resting place for funereal history as it is for people.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

Saunter along the banks of one of North Carolina’s wildest rivers

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

One of the best-selling bar bands in American music history is commemorated in their hometown's Five Points neighborhood.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.