Hallandale Beach, Florida
Pegasus and Dragon
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
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Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Venice, Florida
For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Zavikon Island, Ontario
The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.
Alexandria, New York
The private island of Yale's elite Skull & Bones society is kind of a dump.
Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Gainesville, Florida
Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.
Clermont, Florida
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Orlando, Florida
A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.
Tallahassee, Florida
The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Key West, Florida
This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.
Tallahassee, Florida
An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.
Miami, Florida
This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.
Orlando, Florida
Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.
St. Augustine, Florida
This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.