This wondrous hideaway is suspended in a bamboo forest above a sanctuary for rescued llamas and alpacas.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

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

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

This natural spring not only claims to heal the wounded but it has also been willed to God.

A man's home is his castle.

A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.