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

The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.

The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.

This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.

Nature and art meet in this curvy creation

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.

An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

A local museum honors Wheeler native Alan Bean, the fourth man to walk on the moon.

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.