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Once the future of underwater combat, this old sub is now open for visitors to muck around in.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

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

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Small island science organization offers public the chance to participate in research.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.

A smaller model of the Da Vinci sculpture that took 500 years to come to life.

This giant disembodied horse head seems to balance impossibly on its nose.

The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.

Detailed sandstone carvings show an array of symbolism and adorable animals.

This rare symbol of Eastern philosophy in the West has been created over years of painstaking construction by the local community.

This Orthodox Church's exterior is rather unorthodox.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

An underwater city for the dead.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.