Follow the path behind this treat-slinging camper van to a sculpture garden in the forest.

A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.

A sculptor's dream castle turned fantastical ruin.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

A lightship turned museum, outfitted with artifacts from the vessel's past as part of the U.S. Lighthouse Service.

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The final resting place of the hundreds of bodies originally buried where Badin Lake sits now.

The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.

One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.

A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Washington's iconic carousel has a nice piece of Civil Rights history.

A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.

The United States Capitol's former columns still stand.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

The final residence of an educator, civil rights leader, and presidential advisor was also the first headquarters of the National Council of Negro Women.

This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.

A lone historical marker off the highway and scattered debris are all that remain of this Cold War-era missile site.

A small, forgotten prison cemetery marked only by a wrought-iron fence and eerie depressions left in the ground.