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

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

Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.

A 400-year-old live oak tree with a fictitiously morbid past.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Originally brought to Texas by Czech settlers, these sweet and savory pastries are an essential local breakfast staple.

This small park features a monumental fountain wall, providing a great photo opportunity in the middle of Houston.

Its collection is a sweet reminder of the shuttered factory.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

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 beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A layered tribute to the work of mosaicist Isaiah Zagar.

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

A tour de force of a fountain, memorializing a man who loved fountains more than anything else.

Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.

Yo, Adrian!

These medicine cabinet staples are part of the museum's collection of everyday objects.

The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.

This fine arts hall honors the mastermind behind our beloved creepy and kooky Addams Family.