The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

The city walls of Salé lead to the ruins of this seaside "bastion of tears."

Years of neglect and nature took a toll on this 19th-century lighthouse.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.

Baltimore's classic clock tower was once topped by a rotating, 20-ton medicine bottle.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Meet some of the most prominent figures in Black history through life-sized wax models.

A pre-Industrial Age iron furnace and the site of a nearly-forgotten piece of Black history.

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

This English-inspired Maryland garden is home to acres of opulent plant life including bushes shaped into an entire fox hunt.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

It's not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music's library has been described as a "cathedral of books."

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.