A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.

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

Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.

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

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.