This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

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

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

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

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

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

Every week, a festive public jam session breaks out in downtown Asheville.

This rare basilica nestled right in downtown Asheville is an architectural marvel, inside and out.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.