Coconut Creek, Florida
Butterfly World
More than 20,000 butterflies can be seen at this spectacular park and research center.
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Jacksonville, Florida
Kona Skatepark
These winding paths and vertical ramps have been inspiring skateboarders for nearly half a century.
St. Augustine, Florida
Disease Vector Education Center
The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.
Jacksonville, Florida
Treaty Oak
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Love Trees of St. Augustine
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
Lake Wales, Florida
Bok Tower Gardens
Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.
Rothsay, Minnesota
World’s Largest Prairie Chicken
The statue honors the booming birds Rothsay, Minnesota, is famous for.
Permanently Closed
North Fort Myers, Florida
The Shell Factory
The largest retailer of seashells in the world.
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Estero, Florida
Koreshan State Historic Site
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Lakeland, Florida
Publix Cake Water Tower
A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.
Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland Antique Mall
If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.
Midland, South Dakota
Skeleton Man Walking Skeleton Dinosaur
Just a man taking his prehistoric pet for a stroll.
Philip, South Dakota
Giant Prairie Dog
A six-ton, 12-foot-tall concrete prairie dog is touted as the largest in the world.
Wall, South Dakota
Wall Drug
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Rapid City, South Dakota
McDonald’s Quarter Pounder Monument
Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!
Three Forks, Montana
Madison Buffalo Jump State Park
For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.
Sundance, Wyoming
Vore Buffalo Jump
This shallow pit was once used to send over 20,000 buffalo plummeting to their death.
Thermopolis, Wyoming
Hot Springs State Park
The world's largest mineral hot springs is home to a herd of bison, a free public bath house, beautiful mineral formations, and a terrifying swinging bridge.
Jamestown, North Dakota
World's Largest Buffalo
A true roadside icon standing on the same plains that the herds once roamed.
Bemidji, Minnesota
Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox
These crudely shaped folk giants may be the the second most photographed statues in the U.S.
Bena, Minnesota
The Big Fish Supper Club
An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.
Bloomington, Minnesota
The Mall of America
Equal parts record-breaking temple to consumerism and bizarre fun park, it's more than you think it is...
Regent, North Dakota
Enchanted Highway Sculptures
One man's quest to save his town with a trail of record-breaking sculptures.
