Thousands of Mexican Free-Tailed Bats soar around an abandoned storm drain at sunset each summer.

In this small Phoenix taxidermy emporium, you can find everything from a squid in a jar to a freeze-dried toad.

Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.

One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.

The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.

Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This nearly abandoned town was once a thriving mining community until a series of fires.

Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver's oldest watering holes.

In the early 1900s, hundreds of Black Americans found opportunity in this now-abandoned rural community.

Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.

The oldest operating cemetery in Denver is the eternal home of some of the Centennial State's most famous residents.

This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.

Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.

This deserted Gold Rush town is home to a Masonic lodge that, strangely enough, still holds meetings.

Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.

See six states, pickled freaks, rocks, and antiques.

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

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.