This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

More than five miles of underground passageways.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

The metal spire on the roof of this tower was intended as an airship docking station, but it was never actually used.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

The remains of a foundry and old blast furnaces destroyed during the Civil War are preserved in this central Alabama park.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.

This historic hotel on Bathhouse Row in Hot Springs National Park has a storied history of gangsters and baseball greats.

This Arkansas town is known for its gangster history, its healing waters, and now its brews.

This museum is dedicated to the history and design of purses.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."

The spot in the Mile-High City that's exactly 5,280 feet above sea level (at least for now).

Abstract marble carving for an 8.5-pound rock.