A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The highest point in Tennessee, Clingmans Dome bears witness to the ravages of one type of insect.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.

Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

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

Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.