This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

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

This nine-story building can be played like an instrument.

A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

The world's first time capsule lies behind a welded steel door in Atlanta.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

A man's home is his castle.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This tiny patch of arid sand sits in one of the greenest states in the United States.