America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

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

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

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

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."

The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.

This bug-eyed water wheel uses the power of the Sun to clean up Baltimore Harbor.