This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Don't get it twisted: This is the oldest pretzel bakery in the United States.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.

This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.

This church in Pittsburgh is home to the largest collection of religious relics in North America.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

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

A Christian-themed amusement park and complex rocked by scandals.

The lesser-known lost colony of Roanoke was a safe haven for formerly enslaved people during the Civil War.

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

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

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

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

Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.

This one-room schoolhouse played a significant role in the education of Black children for almost 100 years.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.