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Based in Brevard County, Florida. I love to travel and have a passion for automotive and architectural history.

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Big Boots.

San Antonio, Texas

World's Largest Cowboy Boots

These boots are made for selfies.

Other iconic sculptures include a stylized revisitation of the Greek myth of Leda and the Swan by Colombian sculptor Fernando Bottero.

Orlando, Florida

Lake Nona Sculpture Garden

A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.

Abandoned Cotton Gin

Salley, South Carolina

Abandoned Cotton Gin

Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.

The Last Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken Restaurant

Hartsville, South Carolina

The Last Yogi Bear Honey Fried Chicken Restaurant

The sole remaining outpost of a once-thriving South Carolina chain still sells “pic-a-nic” baskets.

The Wellington Wind Phone

Wellington, Florida

The Wellington Wind Phone

Honor lost loved ones at this serene wind phone hidden in an environmental preserve.

Old Clay County Jail

Green Cove Springs, Florida

Old Clay County Jail

The second oldest jail in Florida gives insight into the realities of the criminal justice system at the turn of the 20th century.

Sulphur Springs Park

Sulphur Springs, Arkansas

Sulphur Springs Park

These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.

World's Largest Fork

Springfield, Missouri

World's Largest Fork

A 35-foot-tall fork stuck in the ground outside an office building in Missouri.

D Block.

Petros, Tennessee

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary

This former maximum-security prison is creepy, sobering, and supposedly haunted.

Airplane Filling Station
Permanently Closed

Knoxville, Tennessee

Airplane Filling Station

Once a gas station, this flightless airplane beside the Old Dixie Highway now houses a barbershop.

The funicular.

Aviemore, Scotland

CairnGorm Mountain Railway

Scotland's only funicular railway is also the United Kingdom's highest.

Medieval Garden Maze at Cawdor Castle

Nairn, Scotland

Cawdor Castle

The location of this historic castle was inspired by a donkey.

World's longest echo in the Inchindown oil tank

Invergordon, Scotland

Inchindown Oil Tanks

This abandoned oil depot produces world's longest echo in a manmade structure.

Macduff's Castle and the Wemyss Caves.

East Wemyss, Scotland

Wemyss Caves

These ancient sea caves hold Britain's highest concentration of Pictish rock carvings.

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Knoxville, Tennessee

The Sunsphere

Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.

The Slingshot

Columbus, Ohio

The Slingshot

The playful side of the Columbus community is on full display.

Triceratops.

Port Orange, Florida

Bongoland Ruins

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Grave of 'America's Oldest Man'

Bartow, Florida

Grave of 'America's Oldest Man'

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

The Devil's Millhopper

Gainesville, Florida

The Devil’s Millhopper

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

USA Field

Bluff Point, New York

USA Field

One patriotic farmer's ode to the 9/11 tragedy remains even after the farm changed hands.

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