This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Beautiful Gothic-inspired lighthouse stands out among the run-of-the-mill striped fare on Bodies Island.

One of Gettysburg’s least visited battlefield memorials is off the beaten path, but worth a visit.

While seemingly a cruel joke, this bench actually honors an esteemed member of the community who passed away in 2006.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This small exhibit explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the first known conjoined twins.

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

So many migrating birds roost on the bridge, it has a special summer speed limit.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.

The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.