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This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

HFH's slum simulation is either a noble recreation of poverty or a cringeworthy attempt at same.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Oldest and rarest examples of telecommunication in the world.

A real (but thankfully not live) missile stands tall as a monument to the United States military in the small town of Cordele.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.

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

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

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

This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.

This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

In rural Iowa, an imported 19th-century windmill overlooks an unlikely enclave of Danish culture.