A bronze tribute to the everyday activists of St. Augustine's civil rights struggle

A Gilded Age hotel turned eclectic museum of Tiffany glass and curiosities

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This shrine commemorates the site of the first known Catholic mass in the United States.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

An island graveyard with spectacular views of the Caribbean.

Beach instrument turned bed and breakfast.

A living time capsule of the 1960s Richardson Bay water-front.

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.

The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.

An elaborate gift from Claus Spreckels is now a piece of San Francisco history.

The giant pair of sexy legs sticking out the window of this costume store have become its main draw.

A New England-style lighthouse along California's beautiful Highway 1 gets a re-do.

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.

This lonesome Monterey cypress has survived centuries of wind, salt, and at least one attempt at arson.