Medical museum featuring a number of excellent medical models.

A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.

A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.

A four-hour holy-rolling, Hallelujah-shouting, Southern gospel service, rendered as a country market where "All Is Welcome, Jews, and Gentiles."

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.

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

The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.

The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

An old train trestle re-imagined as an Egyptian obelisk.

Granite outcropping that the state's tourism bureau doesn't promote because of its delicate ecosystem.

This historic museum is home to a rare Confederate Chester Gun.

Amazing pre-Civil War ruins alongside a shallow, rocky river that hosts beautiful (but endangered) lilies.

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

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

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