The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

The body of one of the world's most famous outlaws is covered in cement and iron to prevent it from being stolen.

A bronze of the man in all his sinewy glory celebrates his longtime connection to the Ohio city.

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

This Asheville chair museum wants to revive a dying art.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

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

Current docking place of the SS United States, the fastest transatlantic ocean liner.

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

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This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

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

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.

How this Pine Barrens hill got its name is uncertain, but on a good day the view from the fire tower is crystal clear.

World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.