Home of the only civilian casualty at the Battle of Gettysburg.

This 41,000-acre wetland complex is the largest marsh in the interior of the United States.

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.

Life in this isolated, hilltop lighthouse was lonely, but it sure was lovely.

Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.

Version of the French Riviera destroyed by the sea.

Nuclear waste dump site now an environmental sanctuary.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

An alley covered with 20 years of bubble gum.

Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.