Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.

Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

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

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

What better place to take a seat?

These boots are made for selfies.

An oasis of lilies cultivated by the "Indiana Jones of Water Lilies."

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.

A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

This Art Deco landmark claims to be the longest bridge over the shortest span of water in the world.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.