These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.

This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

The "world's biggest dinosaur" once housed a creationist museum in its abdomen.

The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A more chill but no less fascinating version of the famous ancient archeological site.

The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.

A museum dedicated to the history and exploration of both popular music and science fiction.

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.

Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.