What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

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

A simple Colonial home with a past haunted by death and madness.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

An underwater road considered a possible Atlantis location.

An underwater city for the dead.

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

A perfectly circular lake is formed by the crater of an ancient underwater volcano.

A swimming hole in the historic industrial quarry that supplied the marble for the Baltimore Washington Monument.

A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.