17th century streets hidden under Edinburgh were once a breeding ground for the black death.

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

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

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

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

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

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

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

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”