One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Costumed elves and mountain bikers co-exist peacefully at this abandoned Christmas-themed adventure park.

Tucked behind New Jersey's abandoned Gingerbread Castle lie the eerie ruins of a once-flourishing paper mill.

Once in a state of dilapidation, this candy-inspired fortress is now being revived.

Yo, Adrian!

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

400 million-year old limestone caverns nestled in the Ozarks served as shelter and a hideout for cultures throughout North American history.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.