This road in the Great Smoky Mountains was supposed to assuage a displaced community, but ended up a $52 million dead end.

Colorful murals stationed throughout Charlotte bring poetry to everyone.

The corporeal remains of Napoleon III's dentist rest under this 15-story obelisk.

This elaborate High Victorian Gothic structure is one of the world's few 16-sided buildings.

What was once a trend-setting, phrase-coining icon of architectural splendor is now a rotting, forgotten hulk.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

This museum explores the lives of Chang and Eng, the "Original Siamese Twins."

Bridges, terraces, and replicas of historic structures all built of rock and petrified wood by one man.

Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.

A gorgeous garden oasis with winding paths, stone bridges, and a troubling history.

A tiny waterway named after a ghost story.

The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.

A fruit-loving town welcomes visitors with a giant melon set against the sky.

255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.

Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.

An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.

A private collection of massive steel monsters guarding a Texas pipe works.

A park filled with vibrant mosaics created by more than 300 folk artists.

A little bit Wonkatania, a little bit pink elephant.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

It's clear this abandoned Art Deco gem was no ordinary cleaners.