Altamonte Springs, Florida
Darwin and Wallace: A Nature & Fossil Store
Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.
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Altamonte Springs, Florida
Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.
Christmas, Florida
Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.
Titusville, Florida
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Merritt Island, Florida
Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.
Jupiter, Florida
Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.
West Palm Beach, Florida
This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Summerdale, Alabama
Founded by a man who called himself the greatest hunter alive.
Foley, Alabama
Tucked away atop a quaint Alabama pharmacy is this tiny display of antique medical tools.
Pensacola, Florida
A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.
St. Louis, Missouri
During the 19th-century, this park was a vital trading fort.
Florissant, Missouri
A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.
St. Louis, Missouri
Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.
Olney, Illinois
The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.
Ottawa, Illinois
A goofy attempt to generate business for a repair shop turned into one of Ottawa's favorite tourist attractions.
Orlando, Florida
The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.
West Terre Haute, Indiana
A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
South Bay, Florida
One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.
Cincinnati, Ohio
An abandoned relic of the city's failed experiment with below ground transit.
Mears, Michigan
An unlikely beach paradise of giant sand dunes lies between two lakes just a few minutes from Michigan's cherry country.
Shelby, Michigan
A lavender labyrinth so large it’s visible on Google Earth.
Muskegon, Michigan
A World War II–era submarine museum where visitors can spend the night aboard.
Muskegon, Michigan
The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.