An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

This war hero's old shop remembers the fine line between medicine and quackery during the Revolutionary War.

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

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.

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