The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

A total of 14 men held the title of "president" before George Washington—their historical legacies are enshrined in the lobby of a hotel.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A traveling postal dog covered 48 states and more than 140,000 miles, and he lives on as taxidermy, patched up with a rabbit's foot and a pig's ear.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

This empty Detroit high school was too expensive to maintain or destroy.

The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.