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Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

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

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

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

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.