This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

One of the largest underground systems runs under Canada's largest urban center.

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Cadillac where country's first big star was found dead.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.