Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

A herd of plastic cows hangs out under this transmission tower in rural Georgia.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.

The world's largest version of this iconic puzzle cube is located in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This building contains handprints that are well over a century old.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

A man's home is his castle.

A historic gristmill that still produces flour and grits the old-fashioned way.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

An eerie site of reverence for those who have completed an epic journey.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This outdoor mural is one stop on a walking trail that weaves art and history together to tell a tale of local history.