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An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

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

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

Nestled in the heart of a Texas town is a dreamy secret garden dating back to the 1940s.

Tucked away down this Baytown alley exists a one-of-a-kind art exhibit of technicolor umbrellas.

This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.

The tree is thought to be the oldest oak in Texas and was once crowned state champion for its monumental size.

This memorial marks the devastating day that Texas City was destroyed in a daisy chain of exploding ships.

A decaying concrete oil tanker served as a disposal location for bootleg hootch.

In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.

This tiny, hurricane-resistant house in Galveston is one of the city's most notable architectural oddities.

A swamp and garden tour featuring local wildlife and exotic botanical specimens from around the world.

The Louisiana sandwich shop that served Bonnie and Clyde's last meal is a museum that chronicles the criminal couple and honors the Bienville Parish lawmen who stopped their crime spree in an ambush.

Exceptional Nepalese food can be found in a Texas gas station.

A master plumber has turned his love of art and toilets into a folk museum that's not taking the piss.

The legend of a local monster still haunts this small town.

No matter what the plaque under this massive legume says, this is not the world's largest peanut.

Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.

Where Elvis Presley received his first Army buzz cut.

Bronze statue marks the spinach capital of the world.

A quirky collection of old chairs fills a random vacant lot in suburban Texas.