Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.

This mysterious hill seems to pull objects uphill.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

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

A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

This pair of eccentric Ohio castles were built by a pair of brothers who wanted to bring a bit of class to the Ohio wilderness.