When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

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

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

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

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

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.

The oldest of only three existing statues of the great novelist stands in a city he did not care for.

A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

South Philadelphia is home to Keith Haring's only surviving in situ collaborative public mural.

The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

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The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.