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

A nourishing complex of found object art, paintings, and sculptures that celebrate key figures in Black history.

This winding road of 318 curves is a must-visit for (careful) motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts.

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

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

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

A mailbox that saved a nature reserve.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

This downtown Dallas art installation is always on the lookout.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

"Dallas’s pretty much only carnivorous plant gallery."