The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

This quaint New Jersey graveyard is an eternal resting place for thousands of beloved pets.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

Memorial built in 1922 in remembrance of WWI casualties.

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

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

One of the last remaining World War II Victory Gardens in the U.S. is quietly growing across from Fenway Park.

Silverware in the sidewalk outside a grocery store cements this neighborhood’s Italian culinary history.

This nearly 200-year-old restaurant's history includes an exiled French prince, JFK, and a very hungry Daniel Webster.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.