An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

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

A favorite of Amelia Earhart, ranking among those rare bridges that can be crossed without changing sides of the river.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

This colonial mansion has been home to a staggering number of American historic figures.

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.

The only visible piece of San Francisco's most famous shipwreck.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

This private residence was the template for one of the most beloved television homes of all time.

A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.

Formerly known as National D-Day Museum, this collection commemorates the battles of Normandy and WWII.

This New Orleans statue of a portly figure in a goofy hat pays homage to a classic of satirical literature.

This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.

A house turned museum is the real-life "home" of the fictional main character of The Wizard of Oz.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.