The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

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

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

This 19th-century Hamptons windmill was once home to modernist painter Agnes Pelton.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The longest continuous underwater road in North America was built at the insistence of Franklin Roosevelt.

A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.

The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.

A historic fort commemorating the United States' naval history.

A Cold War site complete with rusty structures, hiking trails, and beautiful views.

Wild West history in Hollywood style.

Raised illegally, Reggie now lives at the Los Angeles Zoo after authorities spent years tracking him down.

A carousel trades in its classic horses and calliope for endangered species, native flora and fauna, and a modern soundtrack.

Once strictly off-limits, this lower level housing curious and priceless vehicles of the Petersen Automotive Museum is now open to the public.

The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years.

These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.

The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.

An allegedly haunted testament to a local businessman's desire for status, posterity, and charity.

The Binghamton area is home to six of the last remaining hand-carved vintage carousels.