Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Crumbling hotel echoes with the sounds of the '30s.

A small "palace" and museum made of, and devoted entirely, to salt.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.

Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.

A starship has landed in Texas, a welcome break for weary travelers from a drab stretch of I-35.