This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

The world's longest known cave system.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

An impressive collection is dedicated to the legendary beast.

A man's home is his castle.

A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

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

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

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

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

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

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

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.