Key West, Florida
African Cemetery at Higgs Beach
Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.
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Key West, Florida
Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.
Key West, Florida
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
Islamorada, Florida
At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.
Savannah, Georgia
A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Savannah, Georgia
The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.
Savannah, Georgia
The humble beginnings of one of America’s greatest songsmiths.
Savannah, Georgia
An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Savannah, Georgia
This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.
Canton, Georgia
This historic, century-old theater is still in operation.
Holly Hill, Florida
What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.
Port Orange, Florida
Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Delray Beach, Florida
Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.
Hollywood, Florida
An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.
Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Miami, Florida
This sculpture in the Miami Design District is one of the few public works of Virgil Abloh, an internationally recognized fashion designer and creative.
Key West, Florida
These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.
Key West, Florida
Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.