A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

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

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

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

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

A forest wonderland caused by Burlington, Vermont's aggressive southwestern winds.

Scary metal statues adorn some of the signature buildings of Burlington, VT.

Stand at the center of this lakefront sundial, and you'll become part of the timepiece.

This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.

From horses to stainless-steel trucks, this iconic Providence burger wagon is one of the oldest mobile diners in the country.

An unusual library of dead things at the Rhode Island School of Design.