The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.

A taste of Middle Earth, in the middle of the Bayou City.

A health museum containing a 27’’½-foot intestine.

This partially buried wreck is one of the most complete of its kind but is only revealed when the sea allows.

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

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

The highest point in Maine is a grand gift to the state citizens that also happens to be one end of the Appalachian Trail.

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

Spanning an elevation of 160 feet and containing 388 steps, this is Seattle's longest staircase.

People escaping slavery may have hidden inside a corpse vault.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Community bookshelf of 25-foot-tall book spines.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.

The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.

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

The hotel room where Janis Joplin tragically died has now become a makeshift shrine to the singer.