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The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

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

The only known working replica of the world's first self-propelled vehicle.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.

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

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

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

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

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

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

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

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.