This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

One of the few surviving original NASCAR dirt-track speedways.

You can find America's highest suspension footbridge at Grandfather Mountain in North Carolina.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.

This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.