FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

Bison, America's national mammal, are staging a slow comeback in Ohio's prairie parkland.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.

Country fans may flock to Nashville's music scene, but this Appalachian town is where the genre was born.

Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.

The only subterranean ping pong table in Atlanta.

A provocative museum dedicated to the genre and the harsh realities that inspired its origins.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

This bar hosts an ever-evolving napkin art installation devoted to an American president.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

A suspended garden, now gone, once hung in the middle of this abandoned church.

This park pays homage to the region's rich industrial history of brick making.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

A curiosity-seeker's paradise set inside a three-story historic school house.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.