This shrine to McDonalds' most iconic sandwich holds a 14-foot tall burger.

With some 500,000 books across five buildings, this bookstore is a reader's paradise.

This lighthouse was witness to the end of WWII hostilities and now collects creepy cairns.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

This hollow steel globe is the second-largest in the world.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

The scene of the largest surrender of Confederate troops at the end of the American Civil War.

This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.