An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

The site of one of the strangest disasters in history—a wave of deadly molasses traveling at 35 mph.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This Tennessee museum is dedicated to a tragic railroad hero who inspired the famous ballad that bears his name.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A failed utopian experiment for British expats in the American South is now a Victorian village frozen in time.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

The world's longest known cave system.

This simple, broken column marks the final resting place of one of America's most famous explorers.

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.