This seemingly out-of-place gas station by the Watergate hotel was once described as the most expensive gas station in the world.

One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

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

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.