Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This historic hotel has hosted the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and the Vanderbilts.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

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

A 110-foot concrete dinosaur once sold fossil fuel from its belly.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

The world's tallest doric column is this Ohio monument to a naval victory in the War of 1812.

Ghost stories surrounded this “castle,” the only structure from a huge mansion that was never built.

The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.

This Rodin sculpture in Cleveland bears the lasting marks of a 1970 bombing.

Once home to more than 50 displays of freshwater fish.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."