Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

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

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

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.

Dozens of houses in the Adirondack Mountains are reminders of a literal "cottage industry" to cure people of a deadly disease.

A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.

This magnificent work of art captures the spirit of the region.

All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.

A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.

One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.

These conical kilns measure an impressive 30 feet in diameter, and were once used to produce charcoal for a local blast furnace.

An abandoned asylum once on the cutting edge of lobotomies may be reborn as a Christian college.

This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.