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

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

San Francisco's urban bison herd has persisted in the face of extinction, development, and disease.

Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.

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

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

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

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Fascinating military history, awe-inspiring wildlife encounters, and endless outdoor adventures draw people to this sprawling park.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

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

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

The remnants of an abandoned, 19th-century gold mill along Aruba's rugged northeastern coast.

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

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.