This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

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

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

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

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

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

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.