A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

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

The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.

A museum of the dime museum that features weird entertainments of yesteryear, from feejee mermaids to flea circuses.

Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.

A Milwaukee museum provides an unsparing and ultimately empowering look at the Black American experience.

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

At this Wisconsin museum there are real ducks, fake ducks, duck calls and a Duck Blind.

Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."

This lakefront cottage was crafted in the 1800s and was once a sanitorium.

Three playfully immersive mini golf courses let you travel alongside your ball to the cup at this facility, which has been around since the 1950s.

This huge stew pot is the focal point of the "Community Soup" event, which honors tradition and soup.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

This circus town museum recognizes the outstanding clowns of history.

A collection of 1,300 accordions of all shapes and sizes displayed in chronological order.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.