One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.

The maritime museum that boasts the largest nautical library in the western hemisphere.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

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

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

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

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.