Abandoned businesses, homes, and rusted cars are all that remains of this stopover town.

Three markers installed over the course of 140 years mark the point where Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma converge.

Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.

The first home of the doomed aviatrix Amelia Earhart.

This exemplar of modernist architecture is meant to captivate and inspire students of the Cooper Union.

A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Abandoned for 60 years, this submerged bridge was completely forgotten until the lake was drained.

The final resting place of a 19th-century gold prospector and convicted cannibal.

Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.

Church and home-museum of a 1920s female revivalist preacher with a very sordid past.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

An "anarchical" no man's land, complete with garbage sculptures and a hobo-run "Landfillian Library."

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

This historical air terminal in Houston is slowly becoming an aviation museum dedicated to the city's aeronautical history.

A pair of mutilated bronze octopuses slump at the base of the monument honoring California's admission to the U.S.

This simple frog painting created by musician Daniel Johnston embodies the spirit of Austin.

A hidden barn-sized rendition of Grant Wood's most famous, and most parodied, painting.

A Manhattan office building is home to the world's largest chess board.

This stunning Connecticut mansion is actually just a one-room-deep hoax.

The World's Largest Bull.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.