Stepping away from the glitz of mobsters and casinos to learn about the other history of Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

The neon signs from Las Vegas' past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.

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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

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

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

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

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

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

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

The whimsical legacy of a Canadian artist.

An eclectic retreat speckled with whimsical folk art.

Thousand-year-old trees tower within one of the world's only inland temperate rainforests.

An operating lighthouse from the 1860s.