This municipal playground was co-created by the father of one of the most playful characters ever.

A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.

Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.

The story of Two Guns, Arizona could easily be described as a Shakespearian tragedy on Route 66.

The remains of this hell for leather wild west town can still be found in the Arizona desert.

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

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A stealthy Apache hideaway that became the haunting site of a mass grave.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This abandoned bootleg attraction was built to cash in on the popularity of classic TV show, F Troop.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

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

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.