A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

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

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

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

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

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

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.