This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

Quirky castle designed by the American actor best known for portraying Sherlock Holmes on stage.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.

A crumbling cathedral condemned by an earthquake.

This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.

Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

This angular brutalist playground turns playtime into modern art time.

The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.

A massive sustainable farm designed by the mastermind behind Central Park.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.