A controversial memorial at the place where Captain Cook met his violent end.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

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

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

The Kirkland Monument remembers a selfless Civil War hero who braved the battlefield to give water to his dying enemies.

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

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

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

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

A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

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

A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

In a pedestrian tunnel on North Carolina State’s campus resides an expressive and artistic free-for-all.

Art Deco urban decay at this historical building.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

Berlin's natural history museum houses the world's largest mounted dinosaur and the late beloved polar bear Knut.