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Ochopee Post Office

Ochopee, Florida

Ochopee Post Office

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

Ted Smallwood Store

Chokoloskee, Florida

Ted Smallwood Store

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Naples Depot Museum

Naples, Florida

Naples Depot Museum

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

A sailor's valentine.

Sanibel, Florida

The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

The Bubble Room

Captiva, Florida

The Bubble Room

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

Punta Rassa Telegraph Station

Fort Myers, Florida

Punta Rassa Telegraph Station

A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.

Mina Edison's Moonlight Garden. (Wikimedia Commons)

Fort Myers, Florida

Edison & Ford Winter Estates

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

Locomotive 11 was the first car to roll into town once the Florida Southern Rail system was extended to Punta Gorda.

Punta Gorda, Florida

End of the Line Mural

This outdoor mural is one stop on a walking trail that weaves art and history together to tell a tale of local history.

A white pelican with a bump on its bill is pictured here standing next to the brown pelican, a state symbol, which are often only a third the size of white pelicans.

Placida, Florida

White Pelican Island

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

Circus Ring of Fame

Sarasota, Florida

Circus Ring of Fame

The hall of fame for circus performers.

Braden Castle Ruins

Bradenton, Florida

Braden Castle Ruins

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

University of Florida Bat Houses

Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida Bat Houses

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

The practice field looking toward home plate from left field

Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta Black Crackers Practice Field

One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.

Entrance to the Coca-Cola vault.

Atlanta, Georgia

Coca-Cola Secret Formula Vault

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

James Brown Statue in James Brown Plaza

Augusta, Georgia

James Brown Plaza

A towering tribute to the Godfather of Soul.

Fountain inside the Cove.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

The Gay Dolphin

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

A heritage guide in the Gullah Museum.

Georgetown, South Carolina

Gullah Museum

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.

Old Slave Mart

Charleston, South Carolina

Old Slave Mart

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The echoing X. (Photo via Waymarking.com)

Savannah, Georgia

Rousakis Plaza Echo Square

"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.

Treaty Oak

Jacksonville, Florida

Treaty Oak

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

Castillo de San Marcos from above.

St. Augustine, Florida

Castillo de San Marcos

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Brownie's Grave. A good dog.

Daytona Beach, Florida

Brownie the Town Dog's Grave

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

Exterior view of the Vehicle Assembly Building.

Titusville, Florida

NASA Vehicle Assembly Building

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The Apollo 1 crew jokingly showing their faith in the craft.

Cape Canaveral, Florida

Launch Complex 34

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

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