This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

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

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

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

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.

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

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.