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

America's first federal monument.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

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

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

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

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

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

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

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

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

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

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

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

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

Eighteen miniature death-scene dioramas.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.