Punta Gorda, Florida
Radioactive Fountain of Youth
Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.
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Punta Gorda, Florida
Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.
Fort Myers, Florida
A telegraph station used to send information from Cuba to the U.S. during the Spanish-American War.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Naples, Florida
A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.
Ochopee, Florida
This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.
Homestead, Florida
The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.
Kissimmee, Florida
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.
Orlando, Florida
Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.
Winter Park, Florida
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
Altamonte Springs, Florida
Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.
Houston, Texas
A shrine to the royal lord of all cacti.
Trinidad, Colorado
The scene of one of the darkest moments in American labor history has been left essentially untouched since the tragedy.
Okarche, Oklahoma
Come for the fried chicken, stay for the history at Oklahoma's oldest bar.
Jet, Oklahoma
This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.
Center, Colorado
One woman's UFO-themed campground, complete with self-built energy vortexes, UFO-themed weddings, and magic bushes.
Antonito, Colorado
Colorado's oldest church is now home to the largest handmade adobe labyrinth in the world.
Monte Vista, Colorado
Possibly the world's only drive-in movie theater with an attached motel.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Three Forks, Montana
For thousands of years, Native American hunters drove buffalo straight off this cliff in Montana's Yellowstone Country.
Blackfoot, Idaho
This museum glorifies the humble potato.
Arco, Idaho
Supposedly Satanic numbers adorn this preserved submarine sail.
Wilson, Wyoming
This 35-foot troll in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, was made by the world’s leading recycling artist as part of a global fairytale.
Spokane, Washington
This family-owned restaurant celebrates Native American cuisine.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.