An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.

The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

A monument to the sheer amount of oddities one can collect over a lifetime.

The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

The 92-foot-tall structure is based on the aircraft that carried the first Americans into space.

Former abode of notable poet, complete with literary references and stories of ghosts.

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

Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.

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

A legendary boxing venue and ring featured in Rocky V.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

One of Philadelphia's largest murals resides hidden under this bridge.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."

Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.

The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.

A famed data visualizer's personal sculpture garden is a landscape of modern and megalithic wonders.

A miniature village lies nearly forgotten in the forest by the side of a major highway.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.