St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine Lighthouse and Maritime Museum
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
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St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Sanford, Florida
This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Goldfield, Nevada
This once bustling boomtown hotel is now the hottest spot in Nevada for ghost hunters.
Lee, Massachusetts
Stay at this storybook estate, featuring Sir Henry Hudson Kitson's masterpiece "Gingerbread House."
Marfa, Texas
A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
Page, Arizona
These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.
San Bernardino, California
These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.
Virginia City, Nevada
The oldest hotel in Nevada.
Winter Park, Florida
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
Port Orange, Florida
Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.
Mount Dora, Florida
A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.
Longwood, Florida
The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."
White Springs, Florida
The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.
Arizona
These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
The remnants of a creative early method of wildfire prevention.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.