From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

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

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The Ozarks' strangest dwelling.

This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."

This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

When you can afford only half a road, you build only half a road.

This former mining town was named the most toxic town in America.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

This small town bank is very aware of its name thank you very much.

This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.

Two hundred tons of pioneer artifacts were painstakingly recovered from a shipwreck at the bottom of the Missouri River.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This abandoned prison castle has become an imposing gallery of graffiti art.

This recently restored timepiece has stood all around Kansas City.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

This Italianate Villa-style castle is pretty to look at, just keep off the private property.

The first car-centric shopping plaza in the U.S. brought a little bit of Spain to downtown Kansas City.