The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

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

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

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

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

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

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.