Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

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

Florida's first suspension bridge.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

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

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

Headquarters of the world's fourth largest Hasidic sect and the first of many "770s" around the world.

This abandoned seaside fortress is now simply an imposing ruin being taken back by nature.

A former seaside jewel built for the everyman is now simply a neglected art deco fortress.

This Queens hospital has stood abandoned for almost 20 years after its patients were secretly relocated in the dead of night.

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A little lighthouse in New York City, surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction.

A self-made museum in Queens, New York continues to display the work of a sculptor known for paving his own way.

A remnant from the golden age of aviation still in use today, Pan Am's Clipper service took off from this Art Deco gem.

The remnants of two World's Fairs are here, complete with a 12-story globe, a mini-Manhattan, and a UFO-shaped pavilion.