After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

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

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

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