The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

The scant remains of an expansive indigenous civilization can be seen at this Arkansas state park.

A restored schoolhouse was once a vital part of the Black mill workers community in Arkansas.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

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

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

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

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

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

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.

Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.