These commemorative stones honor a young woman born in captivity.

The monument dedicated to Phineas Gage in the town where his accident happened.

This smiling statue memorializes local cartoonist Bob Montana and his legendary creation.

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.

The 15-foot-wide, 2-ton pan fries hundreds of chickens once a year.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

This South Carolina water tower is an icon of the city of Walterboro, but it also once served as the county jail.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

The Lowcountry color with the power to stop evil from entering a home.

On Hilton Head Island this bronze King of the Sea rules all things briny—and lets you know if you’re late for lunch.

A pink and gray pair of pachyderms advertise a fireworks shop.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

The mansion-like building is packed with Texas pride.

After a short-lived attempt to bring America in line with the rest of the world, this road was left in metric.

The first permanent memorial to a unique secret weapon of World War II.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.