This Dutch-styled residential building was originally a cocoa company's World's Fair showpiece.

Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

Ruins of an American Civil War iron forge still survive today.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

The home of pigs, snakes, chameleons, and the alleged largest bunny in the United States.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

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

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

A parade of antique steeds offers a quirky ride through history.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

The author of Uncle Tom's Cabin was neighbors with Mark Twain while living in this Connecticut home.

The final resting place of one member of the Amistad slave revolt who never made it back home.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.