An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Two mermen, eternally spitting into each other's mouths.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

Now the final resting place of prominent artists and musicians, it was originally founded to separate the rich from the poor in death.

A muscular Art Deco monument represents the struggle between regulators and unbridled markets.

Designed to represent the mushroom clouds the artists witnessed during nuclear testing.

A wonderous place devoted to art and metal.

One of the earliest—and most commonly forgotten—acts of rebellion against English rule.

A storybook church made from a mesmerizing medley of multi-colored stones.

A carriage house converted into what resembles an 11th-century English manor house

The only house built with a turret, crenellations, and a moat in Palmer, Alaska.

This storybook New England home is actually a decommissioned lighthouse.

The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.

Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Thousands of bottles that have held everything from poison to perfume make up the collection of this small museum.

Home of a French nobleman's short-lived attempt at raising cattle in the Badlands of North Dakota.

A lonely house representing railroad history tells the stories of those who rode the rails.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

A house filled to the brim with oddities and curiosities.

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.

A concrete arrow from a 1920s network of airmail beacons is still preserved at the western edge of suburban Reno.