A giant cement churn carries the legacy of American resilience, unity, and greed.

This monument traces the segregation line that inspired the first rural branch of the NAACP.

A decaying garage hidden amid the dense forest is all that remains of a once-prosperous dairy farm.

This campus chapel is Robert E. Lee's final resting place and a topic of debate about the legacy of the Civil War.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The rogue roots are gradually consuming some of the historic marble grave markers.

A "hospital" where people went to be quarantined, die, and be buried in the yard.

The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

Cleveland's giant "free" stamp is a nod to the Civil War, but was misinterpreted for years.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

This spectacular public market has got meat, fish, vegetables, baked goods, and enough kielbasa for a lifetime.

Eighteenth century house of the mysterious "Father of Raleigh."

A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.

A young state senator's deathbed plea to be buried inside a rock resulted in this unusual grave site.

A giant cat slowly prowls the parking lot of Zebulon's car dealerships.

One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

The grave of America's 11th president is not in some grand monument but instead it's hidden away on the grounds of the Tennessee Capital.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.