Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
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Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
South Bay, Florida
One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Ochopee, Florida
This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.
Florida
This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Key Largo, Florida
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Key Biscayne, Florida
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Miami, Florida
With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.
Mérida, Mexico
Iconic red and white plaques show the creative names invented to navigate the city streets.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
This recreation of a 19th-century dime museum is full of oddities.
Iron River, Michigan
Large pioneer village showcasing life during boom times.
Grand Marais, Michigan
This little barrel-shaped cottage by Lake Superior was once a cartoonist's summer retreat.
Seney, Michigan
"The Most Boring Road in the State."
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Duluth, Minnesota
This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.