Rows of 19th-century brick ovens used to process coal into coke form the center of a wooded park.

This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.

The site of Neil Armstrong's first flight is marked by a full on replica of the moon landers.

A grandiose title could not save this mercantile community from obscurity.

For decades, this waterfall remained hidden because of an artificial dam.

This massive airship factory is so large that it has its own indoor weather.

Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.

An office built to look like a giant basket.

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

The crash of this great airship signaled the beginning of the end for dirigibles.

Once the most flame resistant building in the country, the South Carolina Historical Society building was almost burnt down in a fire.

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

A stack of stones steeped in Irish folklore, much like the hero they're connected to, hide in plain sight.

Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.

This underground holding cell was forgotten for over a century and rediscovered in the 1960s.

All that remains of a gigantic earth-moving machine.

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

One of the most popular brands of glass among collectors, the story of the A.H. Heisey & Company glassmaker is told in this Newark museum.

This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.

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

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

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