The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

Largest Roman Catholic church in North America.

Home to items never before seen by the public.

Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.

Scenic mount trashmore, Virginia Beach's most curious waterfront still has a couple of secrets.

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

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

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

Thousands of turbines whir at at the origin of North American wind power.

The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.

A massive volcanic plug is now a protected area that hosts a number of bird species.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

A chain of bells connect the California Missions and honor the legend of the "King’s Highway."

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).