The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

A historic blockhouse and trading post give a glimpse into the early colonial history of South Carolina.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.

An ideal wedding spot that is almost too ideal.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Pennsylvanian mass grave and possibly mass murder.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

An unknown Hall of Fame in Jackson, Tennessee.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

Walk the whole Mississippi River!

An unusual sculpture, an interesting history, in a strange place, for a good cause.

The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

Historic barracks utilized during both the Revolutionary War and the Civil War.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

The final resting place of the tragic king and queen of the Jazz Age is tucked away in a small Maryland graveyard.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.