This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.

Visitors to this arboretum are greeted by three smiling giants crafted from sustainable materials.

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

The physical legacy of one man’s lifetime mission, following a near-fatal mine accident, to publicly proselytize for Christianity.

This improbable contraption was passed down through five generations of industrious Tennesseans.

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

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

A life-sized baby elephant tombstone marks the grave of a circus owner at a country church in southern Georgia.

A key producer of charcoal iron in the early 1800s, the structure still stands today.

An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.

A former nuclear facility during the Cold War turned nature preserve.

This tower-tomb honors a president who only held office for a little over a month but dedicated his life to his country.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

Visitors to this Kentucky homestead turned museum are immediately transported back to the Antebellum south.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

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

The site of the one of the most deadly train wrecks in American history.