Places ironraygun Wants to Go

Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

Hidden amid the old-world charm of Savannah is a museum dedicated to the world of oddities and criminal history.

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

The ruins of a cotton mill that was burned in the Civil War are still hidden in a Georgia forest.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.

The last standing silent film studio in Jacksonville is the last remnant of the city's once-thriving movie industry.

This century-plus-old baseball park has hosted some of baseball's royalty and stands as the oldest sports complex in Jacksonville.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Giant instrument-shaped home in Fayetteville, Georgia.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.