Amelia Earhart's possible place of death.

The world's largest aggregation of great white sharks is at a mysterious spot in the middle of the ocean.

The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.

At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.

The ruins of an ancient island city built atop a coral reef in the South Pacific are spectacular and strange enough to have inspired H.P. Lovecraft.

Abandoned outpost once home to a murderous tyrant.

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

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

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

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.