This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

Central City celebrates its most famous madam by racing beds down Main Street.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Toss a Frisbee through the ruins of this Colorado gold mining town.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

An enormous goose sits atop this nest-shaped home.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

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

A celebration of the animation wizard's childhood home and antique railroad memorabilia collection.

Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

The home of a formerly enslaved man who went on to become a prospector, entrepreneur, and activist for Black rights.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."