A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

A 17th-century Shinto shrine that is home to statues of Mickey Mouse and Pikachu.

An ode to the friendship between four Pacific Rim countries.

Tiny horses tethered to antique rings are scattered around the city.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

In 1911 this intersection was called "the heaviest corner in the South," and outlandish claim that only grew wilder over the years.

Suspended above the ground in a thicket of towering Georgia trees is a modern architectural wonder.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.

A pair of slides and a tree-lined stair corridor have been an urban oasis for nearly 40 years.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.