This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

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

Welcome to the home of the world's largest typewriter company.

This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

An American industrialist hoped this nature preserve could help save the North American bison.

Now a city park, this site started as a stage stop, then was a working ranch, and finally became a dude ranch that specialized in letting wannabe divorcees establish Nevada residency.

A kaleidoscope gallery and steampunk emporium named for a pioneering journalist.

A Wild West jailhouse that slid down the mountainside.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

This rusted car found in Petrified Forest National Park's Route 66 exhibit may be the most photographed abandoned car in the country.

One man handcrafts "the best sake made outside of Japan" in a tiny desert town on Route 66.

This cheery fruit farmer welcomes visitors to a classic roadside emporium.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.

One of the deepest springs in Missouri.

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.

Metal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas Highway.

Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?

This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.