This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.

Fascinating museum dedicated to the under-appreciated medical history of urology features some wince-inducing devices.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The site where Poe "in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance" likely died.

An exotic reptile facility showcasing some of the rarest, most venomous snakes in the world.

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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

A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.

Conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton were stars of the vaudeville circuit.

This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.

Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.

This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Vortex-shaped aquarium hosts Europe's largest school of piranhas and other ocean creatures.

Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.

Week-long block party becomes a competition for the best decorated street.