St. Augustine, Florida
Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
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St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Fort Myers, Florida
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Miami, Florida
Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Homestead, Florida
When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Boca Chica, Florida
A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Falmouth, Jamaica
Millions of glowing microscopic organisms light up the waters of this luminous lagoon.
Davis, California
This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
West Sacramento, California
I Street Bridge is the heaviest swinging center bridge in the United States.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
New Orleans, Louisiana
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
Monticello, Utah
Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.
San Francisco, California
San Francisco's newly reopened hands-on science museum.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
Wendover, Utah
This former rail stop in Utah was abandoned, repopulated by some nostalgic friends, and now is home to a single DIY aviator who lives in a hangar.
Seattle, Washington
Keeping Ballard's heritage alive with delicious, lightly battered Alaskan wild cod.
Ponchatoula, Louisiana
One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.