To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.

An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.

Rumors of the occult haunt this upscale 1920s hotel.

Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

This museum explores how a 1973 volcanic eruption forever changed this small Icelandic island.

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

This brick-lined pedestrian walkway was once a railway tunnel used during the Civil War.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

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

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

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

Perhaps the most scandalous statue of America's first president.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

A heroic pigeon that, through a barrage of gunfire, delivered a message that saved over 100 lives in World War I.