The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

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

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.

This university transit system is a 1970's vision of the future.

Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.

This Art Deco service station has been providing tune-ups and turning heads for close to a century.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

A dozen U.S. presidents have stayed at the historic resort, which was known as James Buchanan’s “Summer White House” from 1857-1861.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

A quiet rock and botanical garden is the beautiful centerpiece of Fort Lewis College.

A mysterious air force base built to resemble a Long Island fishing village.

The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.

Historic fortifications form the boundary of Vatican City, but it’s not entirely surrounded by walls.

A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.

The colorful, smiling concrete silos of Vancouver.