This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.

A small wall and marker are all that remain of this historic canal tunnel.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

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

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

This Virginia town has been famous for its fried chicken since the 19th century.

A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.

Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

America's first public mental health facility.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

A state park that once served as an important river crossing, and now offers protected lands for endangered plants and animals.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

Modern technology and live displays tell the story of the Pacific during WWII for the Internet generation.

This eclectic, mosaic-clad home includes a bamboo ping-pong loft and a "Whispermaphones" intercom.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.