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

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

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

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Yo, Adrian!

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels scores of people have died on its slopes.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.

The most confusing clock in New York.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

Visit the monolithic tomb of America's most famous general.

This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

A beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier.

Wedding chapel's mysterious spiral staircase said to be miraculously constructed.

A multi-storied adobe complex has been inhabited for more than a thousand years.

The final resting place of many of New Jersey's most famous residents, including U.S. history's most in-vogue antagonist, Aaron Burr.

3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

The statue of John Harvard isn't actually John Harvard—or even, technically, the founder of the school.