Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

This aluminum airplane pays homage to the Flying Tigers of World War II.

This collection features more than 240 antiquarian maps from around the world, in addition to historical views and plates focusing on North Florida.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

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

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.

The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.

Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.

A collection of huge, site-specific sculptures sitting in the Montana woods.

A classic carnival ride that was carved to be untouchable.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.