America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

A clone-tree in Washington Square Park sprung from seeds that went to the Moon and back.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This vast kitty-themed collection illustrates the history of human-cat interaction.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

North Carolina's finest examples of Native American pictographs have survived for 5,000 years.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.

A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.

The schoolhouse where Jesse Merwin, the inspiration for the "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" character, once taught.

Every dish is blessed in this basement eatery beneath a Hare Krishna temple.

Hidden inside one of the world's most well-visited zoos is a secret plaque promising eternal life.

The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.

This small and serene place for quiet reflection on Staten Island was built in China based on the gardens of the Ming Dynasty.

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.

The first and only carousel with a lineup entirely of insects.