Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

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

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.