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.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The only way to see Pittsburgh is from the top of this lookout point, just like the ancient members of the native peoples did.

This stone tower marks a lookout point over the historic Washington Crossing, and maybe some buried treasure.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

These disused steel furnaces are now haunting ruins that may one day be a national park.

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

A cemetery for only coon hounds in northwest Alabama.

The terrified face of Henry Wells is etched on this garret window.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

What better place to take a seat?

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.