This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

Books you don’t need in a place you can’t find.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.

The site of Paul Revere's historic two lantern warning.

Berthed at the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, "Old Ironsides" is the oldest commissioned warship still afloat.

Over fifty whirling pools left by the glacial age.

Museum dedicated to awful artwork.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

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

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

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

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.