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This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

A convincing little bit of ancient Egypt smack dab in Richmond, Virginia.

This once-palatial plantation may have been the site where a draft of the Declaration of Independence was written.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

This statue is dedicated to Grace Sherwood, the last person in Virginia to be convicted of being a witch.

The remains of a chapel created for convenience.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.

These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.

This Hawaiian cattle ranch acts as a museum devoted to the island cowboys that predate the wild west.

Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.