Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.

A little-known hot spring haven right below the highway.

These faux-cliff dwellings allow visitors to climb around on a replica archaeological site.

This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

Despite being one of the most photographed vistas in the Rockies these twin peaks are rightfully known as the "Deadly Bells."

This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.