Visit the secret grave of a legendary privateer who faked his own death.

An abandoned village that doubled as "The Hunger Games"' post-apocalyptic wasteland is up for grabs.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

Austria’s oldest brewery makes beer with flaming-hot granite.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

Swim or sail to this pie-slinging boat off the coast of St. Thomas.

A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.

A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

Giant telescope mirrors built in a spinning furnace under a college football stadium.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

Legendary prop shop filled with one man's collection of scientific curiosities.

A mysteriously dark cemetery monument fuels stories and legends galore.

This 16-foot-diameter wooden coin has been standing in Iowa City since 2006.

A small-town limestone memorial to a local cartoonist and to Porky Pig, his most famous subject.

The oldest county library in the United States.

This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

A desert ghost town—occupied for only 12 years—was once home to more than 500 silver mines.

This giant spider sculpture made from the iconic car is one giant visual pun.

A historic jail preserves etchings from over a century of incarcerated people in a town with a rough and tumble past.

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?