This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

A double agent hid information for the Soviet Union beneath this bridge for more than 20 years.

Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.

Seven ceramic sculptures are scattered around this California college campus.

This two-room shotgun shack in Tupelo is the birthplace of a King.

At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.

The diverse and sometimes odd cultural heritage of the Golden State is collected, examined, and displayed in this proud museum.

Giant scissors seemingly stabbed into the side of a hair salon leave no question about the vocation of the owners.

Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.

The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

This museum remembers an apocalyptic cult that became more famous for baseball than religious radicalism.

The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

A museum has some wedding cake dating to the Teddy Roosevelt administration, and some bacon from FDR's.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

This collection of hand fans doubles as a history of femininity.

Built by one man in the '20s, this site is now a museum representing the Great Basin cultures.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

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