One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

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

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.