A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

Locals call this magical moss-covered walkway the "Emerald Path."

A local prank turned town icon.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

A labor of love built by local hang-gliding enthusiasts, this ideal launch spot was outlawed by the authorities and has since been largely abandoned.