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

Buy your friend a drink or staple some cash to the wall for the next guy at the Salty Dawg Saloon.

Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

The residents at this Yellowstone wildlife park will certify your cooler as "bear-proof."

With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."

The only road through the heart of Glacier National Park.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.

This elaborately-carved white marble fountain was built to stand outside the Detroit Opera House.

It's gunky, it's gross, and it's been freed from the sewer and put on display.

Undone by Prohibition, this abandoned brewery-turned-flour mill is now ready for its third act.

An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

An abandoned concrete jungle surrounded by a lush park.

A big museum full of little worlds.

A mysterious light of unknown origin on the backroads of Missouri.

Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

The first declared National Monument in the United States.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.