A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

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

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Nestled on the banks of a river in Nuremberg is a small museum that was once home of the city's official executioner.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

This classic restaurant features a gorgeous mirror-clad room.

This abandoned coliseum was intended to be a grand Nazi rallying ground before it was halted at the end of the war.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.