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

A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.

A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.

The only known Futuro house in North Carolina sits along a stretch of desolate highway on the Outer Banks.  .

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.

One of the best places to see feral Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.

This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.

This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.

A Nessie-like monster supposedly lurks in this lake.

The first statue of Christ sleeping on a bench in the United States confused its affluent parish.

This whimsical group of statues is a favorite of children who love to climb all over Lewis Carroll's beloved characters.

Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.

A sculptural commentary on capitalism pokes up from the East River.

A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.

Two small markers remember the Alamo's feline protectors.

Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

The only Civil War battle in Washington D.C. took place near this highest natural point in the city.

A working model of the entire San Francisco Bay and much of the Sacramento River Delta, complete with regular tides that change every 14 minutes.

Floating man-made island and upscale restaurant.