Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

A pop-culture attraction outside of Dyersville, Iowa, hits a home run.

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

This animatronic Christmas village within an industrial park creates a whimsical juxtaposition.

A statue honors the genius who allegedly first took a meatball and made it into a hamburger.

The secluded resting place of a local historical figure who perished during the sinking of the Titanic.

A lovely hidden waterfall right off the highway is well worth a stop.

This Cold War siren is one off the last of its kind still standing with its immensely powerful original horn.

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

Residents of Fremont in Seattle have considered it the center of the universe since the 1970s.

This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.