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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

A beautiful footbridge with over 2,000 glass sculptures along the walls and ceiling.

The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote the Jungle Book is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.

A stone face watches over the river.

This nearly endless university hallway is home to a unique sunset known as "MIThenge."

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Noble beasts perhaps, but not the Emperor's dogs.

The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.

This ghostly Alaska village still clings to a steep cliffside despite having been abandoned for over 50 years.

Three legendary, living albino buffalo roaming their pastures for all to see.

Abandoned since the 1950s, the streetcar lane beneath the heavily trafficked bridge lays empty and unused.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.