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Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.

A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

Andy Griffith's hometown has made itself up to look like the fictional town of Mayberry.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

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

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

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

The antique barns in Cameron are not painted with your grandfather's Mail Pouch Tobacco murals.

A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.