In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

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

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

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Metal dinosaurs lurk in a sculpture garden on the outskirts of a popular resort town.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

Meet your friends, marry your true love, or tell your enemies to kiss your butt under this historic Pittsburgh timepiece.

Where pardoned turkeys once spent their all-too-brief final days.