Pensacola Beach, Florida
Pensacola Futuro House
Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.
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Pensacola Beach, Florida
Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.
Winter Park, Florida
Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
Arjang, Sweden
This giant wooden sculpture is based on local folklore and is said to be "possibly" Sweden's largest troll.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Bahamas
A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
Tampa, Florida
At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.
Tampa, Florida
This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.
Tampa, Florida
A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.
Tampa, Florida
This sculpture is one of many stunning features along Tampa’s Riverwalk.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Tampa, Florida
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Anclote Key, Florida
Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.
Tampa, Florida
The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Plant City, Florida
Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.
Iceland
Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.
Thingvellir, Iceland
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
Reykjanes, Iceland
Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
Iceland
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This stunning concert hall has become a symbol of Iceland's national recovery.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This tiny museum's sizable collection is jammed into a former underground public toilet.