A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

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

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

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

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A science teacher's dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

The last living thing to come out of the rubble after 9/11 is now a symbol of hope and resilience.

Symbolic attempt to overcome the issues of life.

This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.

Live long and prosper in Tennessee.

Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.