This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

These constructed wetlands naturally filter millions of gallons of treated wastewater every day.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

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

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.

This Cold War missile launch site has been abandoned for 40 years.

Part of a secret 1970s nuclear defense program is now open to the public.

These former Cold War launch sites have been preserved for tourists to see where the button might have been pushed.

This amazingly preserved Gold Rush town is a historian's dream.

An entire town preserved as a historic landmark.