A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

A museum dedicated to the history and art of staying clean.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

A few dilapidated structures are all that remain of this deserted former silver mining town.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.

See just what life was like in a 19th-century prospecting town.

Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.

One of the few existing, fully functional Showbiz Pizza animatronic shows.

A museum in Mississippi celebrates the history of Coca-Cola and the man who brought it to the masses.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This historic general store still operates much as it did in the late 1800s.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.