Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Restored historic buildings, machinery, and a Mediterranean garden tell the story of a vibrant multicultural neighborhood in the heart of Tampa.

At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.

A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.

A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.

An iconic steel and chrome diner from the 1940s left empty for nearly 20 years is in danger of being demolished.

The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.

A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.

Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.

The abandoned coal loading dock is a canvas for unsanctioned art.

Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.

Erected in 1697 this Philadelphia bridge is the oldest surviving roadway bridge and perhaps the oldest stone bridge in the United States.

Ant sculptures march up the side of what used to be an iconic spot in punk rock lore.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.