Bradenton, Florida
Rare Fruit Trail at Palma Sola Botanical Park
A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.
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Bradenton, Florida
A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.
Tampa, Florida
This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Tampa, Florida
Tour the oldest family-owned cigar-rolling factory in the country—then learn how to roll your own.
Tampa, Florida
This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.
Tampa, Florida
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa’s most famous native royal comes alive in a duo of arresting bronze statues.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Tampa, Florida
The childhood home of a Tampa sports legend now houses 135 years of baseball memorabilia.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Tampa, Florida
Restored historic buildings, machinery, and a Mediterranean garden tell the story of a vibrant multicultural neighborhood in the heart of Tampa.
Tampa, Florida
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Edison, New Jersey
A giant light 13 feet high shines near Thomas Edison's old Menlo Park lab.
Jersey City, New Jersey
This haunting monument honors the victims of 9/11.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
Highlands, New Jersey
These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Once forgotten, this strip of sand was a rare beachside haven for Black Americans in Atlantic City.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
Amazingly, this old machine within the Resorts Casino still functions.
Atlantic City, New Jersey
The third-tallest lighthouse in the United States stands as a reminder of Atlantic City's early days.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Vineland, New Jersey
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
Rio Grande, New Jersey
Come for the Italian food, stay for the taxidermy and giant statues.