This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

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

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

A daily replay of the experiment that proved the rotation of the Earth.

The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.

This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

Yo, Adrian!

This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.

The first American department store, and home to the largest operating musical instrument in the world.

The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.

Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and until recently, the largest glass mural in the US.

Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."

A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.