An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.

Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.

Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

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

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.