This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

The pan man stands as a testament to the functionality of American cast iron cookware.

Located inside a former bread factory, this museum explores a century of transportation history through innovations that were extraordinary or failures—sometimes both.

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

More than a century old, this trading post resides in the Navajo Nation.

For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.

A small car graveyard sits in the shadow of the famous Cadillac Ranch.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the "Golden Age" of the American automobile.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

The simple gravesite of a Romany clan leader is dotted with offerings, including cans of her favorite drink, Crush orange soda.

A parade of interactive nostalgia nestled within a giant brick building in downtown Hattiesburg.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.

A dramatically eroding canyon thousands of miles from the desert.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

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

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.