This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

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

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.