Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

Once luxurious, these oceanfront beach homes have been left to succumb to the elements as the beach is slowly washed away.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

There's a crumbling old mansion inside the Smithsonian National Zoo.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

An underwater city for the dead.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.

The only one of New Hampshire's original 14 World War II watchtowers to survive in near-original condition.

The once-abandoned 140-year-old hotel used in the movie "In Dreams."

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.