Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

One critic described it as "middle Mussolini, early Ramses, and late Neiman-Marcus." Another called it an architectural "natural disaster."

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

The monument's pointy aluminum tip has been melted down by repeated lightning strikes.

A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.

This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.