Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.

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

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

One of few surviving standpipe water towers in the U.S.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.

This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

A strange, heartwarming, decades-old declaration of love on a New Hampshire roadside.

Life-size bronzes of the Grinch, Cat in the Hat, Yertle the Turtle, Sam-I-Am, and the Lorax—and the author himself.

A museum dedicated to the quirky and colorful world created by Springfield's favorite son.

An 80-year-old house built out of newspapers.

Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.

An eccentric inventor's castle home with its own indoor weather system.

This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.

"the sweltering inhabitants of Charleston and New Orleans, of Madras and Bombay and Calcutta, drink at my well . . . The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges."

A steampunk wonderland that preserves America's history of industrial innovation.

This supermarket is suspended 25 feet above an interstate highway.

A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.