The ruins of a paper mill destroyed during the Civil War still tower over a tributary of the Chattahoochee River.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

This old school, eccentric, and independent video rental store refuses to die.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.