The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

You’ve heard of bookworms, but this small sculpture at a university library may be the world’s first bookbee.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

This 25-foot tall clock tower commemorates the start of one of America's foremost shopping districts and the end of the historic Palm Beach Pier.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.

An eatery for UFO seekers on the Extraterrestrial Highway.

The only thing still moving in this town is the eponymous hot spring.

A stretch of highway even lonelier than the so-called "Loneliest Road in America."

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

The current Eureka County Courthouse replaced an all-wooden structure that had previously been an ice-skating rink.

The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.

Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.

This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.

This Old West eatery along America's Loneliest Road was originally a stop on the Pony Express.