St. Petersburg, Florida
Sunken Gardens
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
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St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
De Leon Springs, Florida
Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Williston, Florida
A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.
Tallahassee, Florida
This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The history of the treatment of mental illness, illustrated in all its gory detail, and housed in an asylum.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Wallace, Idaho
The mayor made the declaration in 2004.
Winter Park, Florida
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
A 19th-century Gothic, castle-like statehouse by the Mississippi River.
Junction, Texas
A curious cone-shaped structure made of wire and covered with antlers.
San Angelo, Texas
The end of times arrives, at least for the fish in the O.C. Fisher Reservoir.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Bastrop, Texas
The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Lee, Florida
This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Falmouth, Florida
The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.
Thomasville, Georgia
This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Gainesville, Florida
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Santa Rosa, California
Believe it or not, this is the final resting place of the man who created the Odditorium.
Sebastopol, California
Monumental sculptures of Patrick Amiot, constructed from debris, detritus, and determination.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.