Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

The home of one of America's most wealthy industrialists is now a historic site that remembers a more decadent time in the country's history.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.

This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.

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

This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.

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

This historic Victorian hotel has a scandalous history of affairs and murder.

Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.

The hide of Stonewall Jackson's equine sidekick is on display not far from where the ashes of his bones are buried.

An overgrown collection of miniature buildings still stand as evidence of one couple's obsession with The King.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

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

This ancient Roman bridge and aqueduct still stands as a wonder of classical construction.

At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.

America's second-oldest brick baseball stadium was home to a legendary WWII series that only sailors got to see.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.