The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

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

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned Navy base was transformed into an off-grid alternative living community for thousands of people.

A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.

A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.

An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.

This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.

This statue of an obscure comic strip hero stands as a tribute to patriotic service and a cautionary tale about embracing fads.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This concert pavilion on the shore of the Great Salt Lake has been destroyed by fire, water, and disinterest but keeps coming back.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.