St. Petersburg, Florida
Sunken Gardens
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
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St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Savannah, Georgia
These ornate, fish-shaped water spouts guard Savannah’s historic facades.
Atlanta, Georgia
Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.
Savannah, Georgia
A monument to one of the few Olympic flames ever to be lit outside of the host city.
Atlanta, Georgia
This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
The ruins of an open-air theater built on this Georgia island in the 1970s.
Atlanta, Georgia
This Art-Deco movie palace is the oldest independent cinema in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
A little-known mural reveals the hydrological reason for Atlanta's founding in this location.
Savannah, Georgia
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia’s last drive-in movie theater is a relic of a bygone era.
Atlanta, Georgia
Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Savannah, Georgia
The first public building in Savannah to offer air conditioning was a luxurious cinema that still operates today.
Savannah, Georgia
This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Marietta, Georgia
This abstract roadside poultry was saved from demolition by outraged drivers and pilots.
Atlanta, Georgia
A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.
Decatur, Georgia
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.