Colorful clay cliffs tower over an unofficial nudist beach on Martha's Vineyard.

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.

One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.

This massive tea kettle was once a promotional stunt for the Oriental Teashop.

The former locus of Boston's high culture has been shuttered and buried for over 70 years.

The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.

Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.

This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.

Floor-to-ceiling frescoes by local art students cover the interior of a nearly 200-year-old church.

The largest hand-carved, outdoor sculpture collection in the state of Maine.

Largest institutional collection of tomb figures from Western Mexico in the United States.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

This chicken coop pays homage to a classic architectural style made famous throughout the southern United States.

A replica of where the Last Supper was held.

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

According to local lore, this narrow passageway through two large rocks was accidentally created by the devil himself.