This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

A 70-foot replica of the famed Eiffel Tower.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

A collection of outdoor art by renowned muralist Robert Dafford depicts the history of a flooded city.

Where the author wrote her beloved "Little House" books.

The oldest active juke joint in the state sustains a niche school of blues guitar.

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

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

A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

A sign at the end of the Santa Monica Pier marks the traditional end of the legendary American highway.