One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

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

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

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

The cruel trial of a 13-year-old boy inspired the creation of this now abandoned reformatory.

Not truly a ship nor a building, the Navy's first and last "landship" is now abandoned due to clerical issues.

Swarms of butterflies cannot compare to the awe inspired by the publicly-funded nakedness once displayed in this sunken garden.

An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

A downtown park built on top of unclaimed graves.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This ceremonial mound is one of the first officially recognized Native American historical sites in North Carolina.

North America's largest accredited model railroad museum.

The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

The oldest lawn bowling club in the United States.

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

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