The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

A college in rural Kansas founded to prepare the country for an impending World War III.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

This tall and trim architectural oddity is one of the skinniest buildings in San Francisco.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

Recovered from the brink of extinction, at home in the Financial District.

A rococo retro-futurist future-rustic vernacular between yesterday’s tomorrow and the future that never was.

A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.

Gold Rush ship-turned-hotel buried underneath San Francisco's financial district.

An art supply shop holds the secrets of this quiet neighborhood's raucous Barbary Coast past.