Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

A pair of giant roadside arrows are all that remains of a former Route 66 trading post.

This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.

This Route 66 classic sports a giant fiberglass rabbit that you can ride.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

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

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.

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

The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.

This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.

One person's lost luggage is another person's treasure.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

Labor provided by Great Depression-era programs restored these 25,000 acres in Tennessee.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.