These once-beautiful historic graveyards are set against the barren Virginia City hills.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

The Cadillac Ranch for monster truck aficionados.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

This museum honors one of Cedartown's favorite sons.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.

The largest cemetery in the American Southeast is a hidden gem near the heart of Atlanta.

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

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

An ornate abandoned schoolhouse hidden in the woods near a decaying mill town.

North America's oldest authentic African Village.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

Mile-long cave system near Great Smoky Mountains.

The only known working replica of the world's first self-propelled vehicle.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.