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

Ship skeletons haunt Baltimore's waterways.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.

A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.

Two dozen rescued bears roam (mostly) free at the largest bear ranch in the U.S.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

A dry lake is what remains of a community founded on a real estate scam.

The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.

A second generation sun-powered marvel lights up the night.

Explore an early California pioneer's rancho hidden in LA's manufacturing hinterland.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

World's largest carved onyx figure stands as a tribute to enduring peace.

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."

The tiny church offers succor to travelers driving by, but only eight at a time.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

Soldiers were buried next to Lee's house in the center of Arlington Cemetery to dissuade the general from reclaiming his property after the war.

A small part of lower Manhattan is actually made from a bit of England.

Prone to disastrous fires, the city of San Francisco has the Guardian, a fireboat gifted by residents, to watch over them from the bay.

Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.

Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.

This replica of an 8th century burial ship actually sailed to Norway before returning home to Minnesota.