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

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

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

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

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

A clear blue swimming hole with hidden caves, still unexplored.

A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.

If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.