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An oversized bluebird statue returns to its rightful place on Vilano Beach pier.

How did a 154-foot-long piece of spacecraft wind up abandoned along the side of a Florida road?

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.