Dallas, Texas
Thanks-Giving Square
A serene temple with stunning stained glass hides in downtown Dallas.
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Dallas, Texas
Texas Centennial Art Deco Buildings
A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.
Dallas, Texas
The Texas Woofus
A mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 as a mix of the main animals of Texas livestock.
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Dallas, Texas
Public School 972
A school-themed restaurant where gastronomy is the core curriculum.
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Bridgeport, Connecticut
Warner Brothers Corset Factory
This factory made "health corsets" that were a step towards liberating women's bodies.
Stamford, Connecticut
Walker Library of The History of Human Imagination
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
New Canaan, Connecticut
Glass House
Home of Philip Johnson, one of the 20th century's most influential architects.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Church Brew Works
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Gainesville, Florida
University of Florida Bat Houses
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Gibsonton, Florida
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Tampa, Florida
Odyssey 2001 'Spaceship'
The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.
Tampa, Florida
Hindu Temple of Florida
A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Theatre
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Tampa, Florida
Ulele Fairyland Figures
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Riverview, Florida
International Independent Showmen’s Museum
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
Homosassa, Florida
Monkey Island of Homosassa
In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.
Tampa, Florida
Two-Headed Gator of Seminole Heights
"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.
Homosassa, Florida
Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Weeki Wachee: ‘City of Live Mermaids’
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Tampa, Florida
Hong Kong Willie
This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch Complex 34
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
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Seffner, Florida
Airstream Ranch
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Port Orange, Florida
The Last Resort Bar
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
Ponce De Leon Inlet Lighthouse
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
