St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

This church houses the “incorrupt” body of its founding Bishop.

Victorian-era Egyptomania left its mark on this Nashville landmark.

This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.

A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.

The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

The Old Mill shown in the opening credits of “Gone With the Wind” is actually fairly new, and was never a mill at all.

A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.

Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.

The future of roadside attractions is this sci-fi soda mecca that is home to a 66-foot tall neon pop bottle.

This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.

The Grand Canyon of Texas.

A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.