The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

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

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.