Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

The state bird of New Mexico, constructed entirely out of garbage.

The outcropping is graffitied with the name of the beloved musical Muppet television series.

The second largest roadrunner in the world stands 11 feet tall in his West Texas town.

The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.

A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.

A hidden courtyard houses early 20th-century plaster masterpieces.

Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.

A former utopian healing center created by a huckster and built by derelicts.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Two gushing waterfalls of hot spring water within a block of each other.

An abandoned town is hidden in Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

This open-pit mine is now an abandoned symbol of Bisbee's copper-mining heritage.

This Old West hotel, the longest in continuous operation in the state of Arizona, is claimed to be haunted.

The remains of a large pueblo village constructed by the Salado culture, who occupied the region more than 600 years ago.

America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.

Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.

Sleep where gangsters fell amidst smoke and flame, with nary a bullethole to show for the legendary struggle.

A cabinet of curious mathematical models and old calculators.