Titusville, Florida
NASA Vehicle Assembly Building
A building so large that it has its own weather.
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Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Titusville, Florida
A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.
Winter Haven, Florida
The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.
Clermont, Florida
Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Polk City, Florida
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Clermont, Florida
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Kissimmee, Florida
Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Orlando, Florida
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
Longwood, Florida
The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."
Orlando, Florida
The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.
Bryson City, North Carolina
This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn vintners creating world-class wine in a city not known for its vineyards.
Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Warren, Ohio
This alley-cum-fan gallery in the ex-Nirvana drummer's hometown holds the world's largest drumsticks.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Windber, Pennsylvania
Collection of trolley cars in the woods represent one man's attempt to preserve transportation history.
Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
A tradition unlike any other, this marks the site of the annual Groundhog's Day tradition.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.