This elaborate towering structure was once famed for its revolutionary height.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.

This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

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

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

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

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.

This morbid scene depicts the Darwinian drama of death on the African savannah.

One of the most dazzling dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History is also one of the oldest.