Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

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

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This massive swimming pool is the high tech home to the human-powered submarine races.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

In this cemetery stands the country's first public crematorium.

The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."

The home of possibly the least-loved U.S. president stands as a sort of unpopular Monticello.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

This island castle contains enough secret passageways to support a season of Scooby-Doo episodes.

This small, ingenious cannon once helped regulate Parisian life.

One of the oldest train stations still standing in Virginia played a vital role during the Civil War.

The most historic church in Fairfax County played a role in the creation of the American Red Cross.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.