Along the old Route 66 is an abandoned trading post made from old telephone poles, built by a former circus clown.

This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.

A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.

A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

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

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

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.