This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

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

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

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

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

One of the few places where you can visit a cenote and Maya ruins at the same time.

At least seven hues of blue and turquoise make this freshwater lagoon unique.

This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.

A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.

Ruins of a once-opulent grand Victorian resort.

One of the highest points in Bexar county offers birdseye views of San Antonio and a four-story stone tower.

The summer home of the largest colony of bats in the world.