This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

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

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

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

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

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

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

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

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

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

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

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.