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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

The largest university building in the West is a gothic masterpiece containing dozens of theme rooms based on different countries.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

This campus museum commemorates a national tragedy.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Solving a 60-year mystery finally gave a name to the young woman known only by the color of her clothes.

A fiberglass jungle, deep in the wilds of the Cleveland suburbs.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

This moving cemetery sphere is a slowly rolling stone.

This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

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