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

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This titanic steel chain linking two buildings was installed without permission but instantly beloved.

4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.

Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

One man's extraordinary topiary garden in a small South Carolina town.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.

Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.

A rusted metal giant pays tribute to Birmingham’s industrial past.

The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.

Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Beautiful waterfalls grace a canyon visibly torn by a violent tornado.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.

Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.