Inside this museum resides a boot fit for a giant.

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.

The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.

Although now a decaying ruin, this stone cabin's history includes several notable figures.

The world's only teal arches exist in a city that cares more about its aesthetic than an Instagram influencer.

An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.

The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.

Almost half-way between the Equator and North Pole.

A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.

The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.

This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

The spaceship-like theater, which is still in use, was one of the most popular exhibits at the 1964 New York World's Fair.

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.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.