I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.

A town trapped in time - 1958 to be exact.

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.

This funicular railway rumbles along for a mile up the nearly vertical face of Chattanooga’s Lookout Mountain.

The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

A hidden paradise in one of Florida’s most unique rivers.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

An archive of ceramic eggs painted to record clowns' personal makeup designs.

A joyful oddity that takes the art of clowning very seriously.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.