Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
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Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Burlington, Iowa
While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.
Columbus Junction, Iowa
A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Maharishi Vedic City, Iowa
An unlikely Transcendental Meditation haven in the American Heartland built around the ancient Vedic principles of balance and harmony.
Marianna, Florida
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Fire Island, New York
A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Birmingham, Alabama
A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.
Vernon, Florida
For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.
Carrabelle, Florida
This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.
Bristol, Florida
A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.
Three Rivers, New Mexico
More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.