A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

A larger-than-life monument to the overlooked women who braved Western expansion and broke down societal barriers.

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

The historic home still shows the scars from a little run-in with the British in 1813.

This lovely picnic spot featuring thunderous jet landings is an aircraft spotter’s dream.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The air force base preserves its scars from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.

This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

Rumor has it the hot dog stand was targeted by two Russian nuclear missiles.

The bells remain in a shattered heap exactly as they fell when the church was bombed in World War II.

The remains of a historic plantation nestled in between a parking lot and the rental car return at Reagan National Airport.

The old Route 66 town straddling Texas and New Mexico died along with the Main Street of America.

A tiny monument to the unsuccessful attempt by Thomas Jefferson to place the prime meridian in Washington.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

These aggressively sustainable art homes look like something out of 1970's science fiction.

Members of Congress have traveled between the buildings on Capitol Hill for a century hidden from tourists, press, and storm clouds.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

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