A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

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

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

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A former Oz-themed attraction that has fallen into disrepair, but still holds some of the original magic.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

Rural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.