A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.

These massive concrete balls were used to mine gold in Virginia.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

This historic mini-suspension bridge was swept away once but is now here to stay.

A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.

Dedicated to the history of the health sciences.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

A small Richmond island dotted with the remnants of hundreds of years of history.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

Edgar Allan Poe's old dorm is now a shrine to the author's legacy.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.