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

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

A sign marks the plane crash that caused two nuclear bombs to fall in North Carolina.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

This sinkhole is disguised as a pond and named after the man who stumbled upon it.

The permanent home of Elektro, the celebrity automaton of the 1939 World's Fair.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Dinosaurs invade a suburban Nashville neighborhood.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.

This Detroit ruin was once a gothic bastion of its community, but now it stands as a haunting ruin.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.

Opulent downtown movie theater now houses cars as an indoor parking garage.

Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

Detroit’s downtown castle is one of the oldest structures in the city.

A Beaux-Arts triumph set to become Ford's innovation campus

Concrete igloos standing across from what remains of the Michigan Central train depot.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.