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

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia meet at this point in the Cumberland Gap.

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

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

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

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.