Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

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

Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.

Thousands of mounted insects, and some live ones, hide within an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.

An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.

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

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

Seller of surplus nuclear research materials.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

An ode to the history of telephones inside a telephone building.

The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.

A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.

Explore a misty river canyon from a metal bridge system.

A somber monument commemorates the site of a Native American reservation marked by suffering.

Hidden in the Chihuahuan Desert resides an amazing collection of petroglyphs.