The iconic statue was moved to a new spot overlooking the James river after several years as a mascot for the local baseball team.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.

A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.

A museum dedicated to antique toys, collectibles, and nostalgia.

A 115-year-old restored German dining hall awaits those who venture beneath the Minnesota State Capitol.

A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.

An old soap company building now houses one of Minneapolis’s oldest independent non-profit art galleries.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Asheville, North Carolina, was the the second place in the world to enjoy Kentucky Fried Chicken's secret recipe.

A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.

This grove was planted more than a century ago by the War Mothers of World War I.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.