This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

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

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

This whimsical sculpture garden is a local treasure.

Whimsical sculptures dot a woodland path surrounding their creator's old summer cottage.

A museum celebrating the self-taught artist-environment builder.

One Austrian's singular yard is now preserved as a folk art garden of concrete wonders.

A restaurant and lodge in northern Wisconsin which served as a clandestine hideout for John Dillinger and featured one of the most famous botched FBI raids in history.

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

An oddly poignant roadside attraction celebrating American folklore.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Homemade outdoor church and sculpture garden decorated with glass shards.

Five acres of divinely inspired folk art.

A house and yard adorned with bizarre concrete sculptures in a Milwaukee suburb.

More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.