This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.

Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

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

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "Dismalites" .

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

A hidden oasis just two minutes from downtown Atlanta.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Healing Springs that once ran red with soldiers' blood.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.