Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A white oak with property rights.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

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

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

A gorgeous mural outside a beloved D.C. restaurant pays homage to famous Black Americans.

A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

The 5.5-mile ring of steel posts around the Capitol Building is one of the largest (and most uniform) of its kind in the world.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.

Rumor has it the uncarved lump behind the three famous suffragists is reserved for the first woman president.

Architecture lovers won’t stop touching the National Gallery's 19.5 degree marble prow.

The actual model from the original "Star Trek" series is now on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

A monument in Washington D.C. marks the spot from which all other roads were supposed to stem.

A derelict bit of infrastructure from the canal that once ran through D.C. is landlocked in the heart of the city.

This mysterious structure by the Washington Monument is a flood barrier designed to protect the White House against rising waters.

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

A handful of beehive kilns are all that’s left of a historic brick-making empire.