This large cave is a summer home to thousands of bats and has a rich history dating back to prehistoric times.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

This North Carolina museum is keeping the pinball craze alive, with a little Space Invaders on the side.

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.

Beneath the surface, something slithers. And if you find it, prepare to be slimed and glowing.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.

Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

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

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

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

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

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

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

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

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.