The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Performers, intricate sets, and a real speakeasy tell the story of the 18th Amendment.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

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

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

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

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

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

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.

Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.

Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.