This steam locomotive served as both an interesting static display and unique playground equipment since 1959.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.

The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

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

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

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

Berlin's old airport.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

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