The Lincoln Memorial has inspired many, even though a word on the inscription appears to be spelled incorrectly.

This cannonball stands as a reminder of the final act of a fleeting governor amidst a revolution.

Among the strip malls and stoplights stands a giant, orange T. rex made of concrete with glowing red eyes.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Faded remnants of the entrance to a Mediterranean-style resort that never fully came to life.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

This beautiful vintage movie palace has seen little change in form or function since the 1920s.

The skeletal white beams stand as a monument to religious dissent.

This train station inspired the name of a 1970's rock band and provided the backdrop for their album cover.

Hear, smell, see, taste, and touch history at this immersive Civil War hospital.

Inspired by a foil-wrapped potato, (seriously) the Markel Building has been deemed one of the 10 ugliest buildings in the world.

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

A wonderful world of rare fruits and flowering trees grows in a small botanical park in Bradenton.

This century-plus-old baseball park has hosted some of baseball's royalty and stands as the oldest sports complex in Jacksonville.

This maze-like, oceanfront gift shop—the nation’s largest— has been serving kitsch to the Myrtle Beach community for over 80 years.

If Myrtle Beach is the mini golf capital of the world, this is its crowning glory.

Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.