This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

The world's longest known cave system.

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

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

This Florida arena, once host to "the fastest game in the world," has sat empty for 25 years.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.