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

The eccentric and colorful pavilions of Tower Grove park are a beloved and overlooked symbol. 

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

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

This historic Jewish cemetery sits right in the heart of a Detroit car factory.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

This World War II-era bunker is now packed with posters and props from movies and TV shows filmed nearby.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

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.

An ever-evolving wall of graffiti art off East Liberty Street.

Everyone's invited to put on a miniature concert with this world-class musical wonder.

The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.

A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.

The only surviving prototype for Buckminster Fuller's house of the future.

One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.