Places atomicempowerment Wants to Go

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

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

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.