The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

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

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

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

These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.

An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.

Bug-devouring flora are the stars of a special wing of the glass conservatory.

An American flag was erected for every day that passed during the Iranian Hostage Crisis.

The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.

An Olympic hero stripped of his medals is buried in a town he never visited, which took his name after his death.

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

"Where the ducks walk on fish."

Where the oil industry began.

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

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

A local prank turned town icon.