One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

A forgotten relic from New York's bygone trolley system hides in plain sight under a bridge.

The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.

This stone windmill marks an old, mysterious homestead in what is now central Austin.

This unassuming North Austin neighborhood was built to test the novel idea of home air conditioning.

A preserved stretch of ancient fossilized trees with an impressive gem collection to boot.

This largely forgotten piece of Cold War history stands hidden in the woods just north of the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

The final resting place of the camel who served with the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

A church filled with the bones of hundreds of virgins martyrs—or so they say.

A strange rock formation with numerous legends trying to explain it.

On the highest peak in the Harz Mountains, science and the occult faced off in a failed attempt to turn a goat into a boy.

Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.

The medieval institution is home to the precious treasure stolen in World War II in one of the greatest art thefts of the 20th century.

The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.

A modern-day cabinet of curiosities housed in a 300-year-old inn.

The resting place of 18th century German mummies.

This is not only one of the oldest collections in Europe, but also possibly the most beautiful.

A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.