The first documented commercial gold find in the United States.

Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

Two towns are linked by an engineering marvel masquerading as a boring suspension bridge.

The deserted pirate-themed restaurant still entices explorers.

This medieval chapel is now a shrine to the region's favorite sport.

This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.

The only remaining collection of flayed figures made by French "madman" Honoré Fragonard.

Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

This delightful attraction features over a dozen miniature train layouts which you can operate and interact with.

Some of the smallest works of art in existence.

Numerous sculptures set along hiking trails symbolize and idealize the relationship between man and nature.

The world's largest sundial can cast a shadow more than 1,600 feet long.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.

The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

The childhood home of the famous general's mother is now a small, walled garden.

Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.