A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.

Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."

This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.

This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.

This statue of the great Argentinian car driver is located near a famous curve of the Monaco Grand Prix.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

Hidden amid a collection of trails is the site of a tragic crash.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

A retired tobacco farmer's pet project turned into a sturdy miniature city.

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie The Fugitive can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.