No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.

An almost life-sized elephant named Ms. Ellie greets visitors at this jumbo-themed museum.

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.

A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.