These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.

An eerie smiling woman looms above the granite tombstones.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.

A white oak with property rights.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Unique tower has outlasted a takeover of the company.

The world's longest known cave system.

Ohio's 19th-century communist micro-society.

Marvel at this turn-of-the-century masterpiece that has been turned into a rather stately supermarket.

This Czar-funded, onion-domed, lavishly muraled Orthodox Church played a starring role in "The Deer Hunter."

Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.

An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

A free, canine-friendly alternative watering hole near the more famous Barton Springs.

The world's tallest statue of an American hero.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Just like the real 36th president of the United States, animatronic LBJ amuses visitors with jokes and stories.

A "Texanic" (gigantic Texas) collection of Art Deco architecture at Dallas' historic Fair Park.

Belly up to the bar in Cowtown, don't forget to buy some boots.

A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.

Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio.

Three hundred years of preserved Spanish colonial history in San Antonio.