A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

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

The remains of the first punk club in L.A.

The quarry was abandoned over 100 years ago, after a massive ammunition explosion ended in tragedy.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

A reversed traffic signal that was once violently misinterpreted as a statement on British-Irish relations.

This Art Deco fortress in upstate New York gives Manhattan's vaunted examples of the style a run for their money.

Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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