This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.

This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.

A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century

If you don't look closely, you might mistake this sculpture for just another passenger waiting at the airport.

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

This sculpture is one of many stunning features along Tampa’s Riverwalk.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The hall of fame for circus performers.