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

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The oldest arched-covered bridge in Virginia has truly withstood the test of time.

Thomas Jefferson's estate is home to hundreds of varieties of historic fruits and vegetables.

An out-of-place Air Force radar dome is all that denotes this park as a former missile launch site.

This museum sits on the site of a decommissioned military communications base.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

The eerie ruins of a remote abandoned hamlet said to be founded by the survivors of a shipwreck.

An extensive, if one-sided, history of U.S. law enforcement's war on drugs.

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

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

This historic church houses the grave of a Scottish soldier who fought in the Battle of Waterloo.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.