Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.

The only pachinko parlor in the United States.

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

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Burial site more than 300 years old.

This scented city oasis was a labor of love.

More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

A sweet tribute to Georgia's official state vegetable, which even has its own mascot: "Yumion."

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

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

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.

Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.

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