"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

An underwater city for the dead.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Bits and pieces from the ill-fated Donner Party's winter cabins.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.