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Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

Step into the past and experience what life was once like in the Sunshine State.

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

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

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.