Ochopee, Florida
Ochopee Post Office
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
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Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Naples, Florida
This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.
Sanibel, Florida
In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Fort Myers, Florida
A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
Fort Myers, Florida
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Punta Gorda, Florida
This outdoor mural is one stop on a walking trail that weaves art and history together to tell a tale of local history.
Placida, Florida
Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.
Sarasota, Florida
The hall of fame for circus performers.
Bradenton, Florida
These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.
Gainesville, Florida
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of the only remaining vestiges of baseball's Negro Leagues in Atlanta.
Atlanta, Georgia
One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.
Augusta, Georgia
A towering tribute to the Godfather of Soul.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.
Georgetown, South Carolina
A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Savannah, Georgia
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.