An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

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

The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

At a rest stop north of Seattle, the trunk of an ancient tree.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

A pair of gargoyles peer into unsuspecting passengers at Denver’s conspiracy-packed airport.

In the middle of a busy airport, a statue honoring the astronaut who told Houston that Apollo 13 had a problem.

The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.

A giant sculpture dedicated to a staple of South Bend food culture.

From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.

The steepest tramway in North America provides stunning views of the out-of-the-way Wallowa Mountains in northeastern Oregon.

A haunted hot springs hotel that went from healing retreat to asylum before it was restored.

Stepping inside this coffee shop is a journey through time.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

The realistic reptiles lurk along the side of a highway.

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.