Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

Military and first responders can test their skills in a Foggy Bottom mock station down in Georgia.

A tiny twin to Seattle's Fremont troll hides from the Florida sun under the Atlantic Boulevard drawbridge.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.

This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

This facility, now a museum, once housed and trained U.S. Army Air Force pilots who flew during the Allied invasion of Normandy.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.