A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A colossal statue with a controversial past, forgotten for more than 30 years.

Standing in this historic plaza is a statue representing one of Cuba's most iconic literary characters.

No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.

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

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

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

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

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

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

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

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

This colonial cabin is the oldest building in High Point, built by one of the first settlers in the area.

This site in Caldwell County is the location where the Cherokee and Catawba are said to have entered a peace treaty.

North Carolina's only restored fort from the French and Indian War.

A psychological self-portrait in the form of a giant, segmented head.

These strange large stones served as a campsite and lookout post for generations of Native Americans.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.