"Not too many people can say they've had a nuclear bomb dropped on them, not too many would want to." — Walter Gregg.

This huge work of functional public art replaced a landfill in New Jersey's Meadowlands.

A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.

This unassuming retro burger joint was billed as “diner of the future” at the 1939 World's Fair.

American involvement in World War I officially ended in 1921 in New Jersey, three years late and thousands of miles from the battlefield.

Edison's cast-in-place concrete houses were a failure, but way ahead of their time.

A completely round house designed for the Atomic Age.

Ruins of a historic medical facility sits eerily by the water.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

This solemn facility remembers the cruel effort to compel Native American children to relinquish their culture.

Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.

This public baseball field is a beloved remainder from of one of the most historic stadiums in the country.

The birthplace of the Ford Model T is now a museum full of antique cars.

Glass and concrete building designed by Albert Kahn.

The unusual medical inventions of the man who gave the world Corn Flakes.

The Kalamazoo factory has 100 years of instrument-making, and one big wartime secret.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

A decaying building marks the site associated with Emmett Till's brutal 1955 murder, which helped sparking the civil rights movement.

After decades of research and rumors, Little Zion Church was proven to be his final resting place.

Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.

William Faulkner kept his beloved estate wild and untamed.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.