Madeira Beach, Florida
The Church by the Sea
Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.
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Madeira Beach, Florida
Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.
Tampa, Florida
A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
St. Petersburg, Florida
This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.
St. Petersburg, Florida
From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
Clearwater, Florida
This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.
Entebbe, Uganda
A monument marks the spot where the first Catholic missionaries arrived in Uganda.
Safety Harbor, Florida
This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Home of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Buried beneath the New Mexico sands are believed to be millions of copies of Atari's E.T. video game.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Tombstone, Arizona
The first Protestant church in Arizona and only Gothic Revival style adobe church in the world.
Tombstone, Arizona
The Jewish section of the famous Boothill Graveyard was abandoned for nearly 100 years.