One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.

Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.

Housed in a memorial lighthouse, this museum relays the history of surfing, beginning with the antics of royal Hawaiian teenagers.

Buddha shrines hide within dark tunnels at this unique forest temple.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.

This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.

A trash dump made beautiful by nature's power.

'Cause the fence start shaking, the earth was quaking.

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

A limestone wonderland of water and subterranean secrets.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.

The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.

A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.

A stone face watches over the river.

An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.