An enormous illuminated figure dances on the Las Vegas strip.

A giant open-air sculpture made of over 200 full-sized boats.

Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.

One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

A tribute to a hometown hero and surfing legend.

The larger-than-life art installation at Tampa International Airport welcomes travelers to town.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Funded entirely by volunteers and donors this military memorial features a tank with a comedy line on its barrel.

The right to a full beard is honored by the grave of a man who was attacked and jailed due to his facial hair.

One of the oldest carousels in the United States is still running in the coastal village of Watch Hill.

Abandoned Coast Artillery fort now serves as a graffiti canvas and sightseeing vantage point.

This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.

Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.

The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.