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

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

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

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.

A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.

Plymouth's huge yet little-known memorial to the Pilgrims.

The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

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

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.