This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

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

An underwater city for the dead.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Giant Redwood-themed cafeteria operates under the golden rule, "Dine Free Unless Delighted."

Panorama exhibition hall in old silent theater with a beautiful backyard garden.

One doctor's retirement plan included opening this award-winning Mexican-Indian eatery on the ground floor of a hospital.

An eclectic restaurant serving from and to the nearby Chittenden Locks.

Always a new use for this old building.

An ice cream parlor chain that caters to vegans and pinball fans equally.

This jazz venue welcomes performers nightly and students daily.

Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.

This remarkable collection devoted to the study of fish includes 1 million preserved specimens from all around the world.

Where else would a linchpin of post-colonial Native American cuisine anchor the menu but a museum?

A collection of odd-shaped and quirky sounding instruments handmade by a midcentury inventor-composer.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Experience a quartz crystal sound bath inside a storied, all-wood sound-chamber.