This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

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

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

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

A building so large that it has its own weather.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

Puerto Rico's once thriving oil company is now an abandoned wonderland of rusty steel.

These red and black houses were awarded to the firefighters who saved their city from an enormous blaze.

Legend tells how a Spanish soldier disappeared from this isolated sentry box without a trace.

This former sugarcane transport tunnel is now a portal to a lovely beach.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.

One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.