These early tent-shaped grave coverings are unique to Appalachia.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.

Once a bustling cotton factory, this early 20th-century building is now home to a thriving artspace.

The largest drain hole in the world.

Before it was abandoned and left to rust alongside the road, this riverboat starred in a John Wayne movie.

The rusting remains of the largest assembled WWII fleet on the West Coast.

Giant jewel-toned statues fill the grounds of this Cambodian Buddhist temple in California.

A huge collection of rocks, gems, and crystals.

This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.

I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.

The California capital city once stood 10 feet lower than it does today.

The capitol city's oldest existing cemetery.

The only standing town in the United States that early Chinese Americans built for themselves.

At the "Garage Mahal" in Houston, car culture is about more than just driving.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

From Japan to Italy, this California park explores the world's cultures through their gardens.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

The longest non-mortared wall in the country is one man's tribute to his displaced Yuchi ancestor's five-year journey to her homeland.