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

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.

Giftshop catering to cryptozoologists and anyone with a sense of humor.

This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.

Veritable museum of 20th century country music history.

One-of-a-kind museum inside the first Boeing 747-400 ever made.

Giant instrument-shaped home in Fayetteville, Georgia.

The picturesque southern city served as the zombie-filled town of Woodbury in 'The Walking Dead.'

This ever-changing arrangement of naked dolls even caught the attention of "The Walking Dead" crew.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

The house that Southern rock built now stands as a monument to one of the genre's favorite families.

A mural in rural Georgia welcomes visitors to a fictional Missouri town.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.