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

A historic town sits upon the site of a long-lost 18th-century trading community.

A "Bugseum" dedicated to all things insect-related resides behind a pest control company.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

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

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

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

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

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

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

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

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

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

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.