This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

For more than 150 years, this cemetery has served as the final resting place for many members of Wilmington's Black community.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

Instead of faces, these sculptures have barcodes—statements on societal dehumanization.

The last SR-71 ever constructed.

An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.

A year-long seasonal produce clock highlighting a variety of fruits and vegetables from across the Piedmont region.

A statue commemorating a 16-year old girl's nighttime ride to raise a militia against attacking British troops.

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

An artificial tree in the University of Connecticut greenhouses holds a collection of orchids, mosses, and other tropical epiphytic plants.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

This former zinc operation has a 90-year toxic history.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

Housing the history of a small Ohio town that is known to some as the pottery capital of the United States.

A ghost town in a remote corner of Oregon hosts a touching tribute to Sacagawea’s son.

This statue honors a pillar of the early New Haven Black community.