A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

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.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Inside houses a vast collection of military aircraft and missiles spanning the ages.

The largest ancient burial mound in Ohio.

A giant rooftop ride with unbeatable views of Matsuyama city, the nearby mountain ranges, and the Inland Sea.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.