An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.

This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

A castle built by an eccentric medieval enthusiast in rural Ohio.

A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

Home to drunken tower-climbing goats... seriously.

The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.

A museum that houses the world's largest collection of ventriloquism dummies.

Patrick Dougherty's fantastic living tree sculptures, mind-blowing but temporary.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

The uniquely-designed winter home and sculpture studio of Anna and Archer Huntington.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

Jule Körner's house full of bizarre architectural details.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.