A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

This historic motel standing at the "crossroads of America" offers a radio in every room and was saved by local protesters.

It reportedly took three years to sort through all the objects in this eclectic lifelong collection.

Nature's biggest mammal swims in landlocked Oklahoma.

Collection maintained by the legendary designer.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

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

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

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

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

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

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

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

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

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

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.