A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

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

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.

The first life claimed by this record-breaking peak wasn't lost to exposure or a fall but rather lightning.

A large stone map of Arkansas awaits visitors to its highest point.

The highest point in Arizona is an oddly snow-topped peak within the otherwise arid state.

The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

The seat of Buffalo government is a gorgeous Art Deco palace.