The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

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

A unique museum dedicated to the Gullah-Geechee people, housed within an old oyster cannery.

A historic canal winds through a unique, swampy landscape.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

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

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

A $100,000 tumbleweed decorates an Arizona park and ride that got its priorities a bit tangled.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.

The final resting place of an outlaw, whose legend grew after death.

A few times a day, you can see an animatronic cowboy shoot-out.

Fears of Satanic worshippers swirl around five Celtic-inspired megaliths.

A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.

Of course the grave of JFK's assassin is surrounded by conspiracy theories.

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.