$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

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

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.