A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

A rapidly disappearing authentic bit of the old south.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Scattered around Atlanta are little doors with big charm.

An old bank vault in Atlanta is now the eternal shrine to the King of Rock and Roll.

An abandoned bait shop with a front lot filled with storage boxes.

The only zoo where you can buy animals that won't need feeding.

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

What's that on the side of that building? Va Va Voom, it's Bettie!

A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.

The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.

This prison-turned-museum is a remnant of the Old West's grizzly, violent past.

16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war.

When zealous marijuana enthusiasts kept stealing the "Mile 420" highway marker, the State of Colorado got creative.

Cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.

During the 1990's nearly all of the world's LSD is thought to have come from the operators of the lab once located in this missile silo.