Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

The "last unrestored grand mansion of Savannah" is now a cramped, mouldering maze of antiques.

Tucked away inside a historic Savannah hotel is a hundred-year history presented in ladies' lids.

This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

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

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

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

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

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

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.