One of the most influential presidents in U.S. history wanted only this plain, elegant monument as his lasting memorial.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

Crumbling ruins mark the site of a couple's grisly murder in the woods.

Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

That bass was as bad a fish as any angler ever knew.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.

A little piece of the Shire is hidden behind a plant nursery in Port Orchard, Washington.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."

The haunted reputation of these abandoned Colorado train tunnels is probably not helped by the terrifying spiked fence.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.

What was once the largest NFL stadium.

In the hometown of the Grand Ole Opry star is a larger-than-life memorial statue made entirely from chicken wire.

A life-sized mammoth sculpture marks the spot where the remains of a Columbian mammoth were discovered in 2005.

The "Seinfeld" diner.

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The first full-scale tunnel built in America is short but scenic.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.