One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

An Irish Memorial commemorating those who perished due to potato blight.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

The home and studio of a visionary woodworker now stands as a museum and example of his artistic genius.

This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.

This might just be the TARDIS of bookstores.

Long hidden under grime, the politically radical murals of a little known Yugoslavian master are finally getting their due.

Once the most painted on object in the world, this short campus fence is well on its way to being so again.

A take-out restaurant that only serves cuisine from countries with which the United States is in conflict.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.

With 3,000 bikes on display, the world's largest bicycle museum includes some famous rarities.

This eccentric mansion museum holds a impressive collection of rare and automatic instruments.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.