Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.

This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

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

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Death comes to anyone who dares to touch this concrete column.