A different kind of swan princess.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

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

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

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

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles