Clayton, Georgia
"Eye of God" Rapid, Chattooga River
A curious whirlpool formation supposedly capable of entangling or engulfing branches, tree trunks, or whole rafts full of hapless tourists.
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Suches, Georgia
Toccoa River Swinging Bridge
They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville Interchange Spiral
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Titusville, Florida
American Space Museum
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Theatre
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch Complex 34
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
St. Augustine, Florida
Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
St. Augustine, Florida
Dungeon Under the Stairs at the Oldest Wooden Schoolhouse
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
Fort Matanzas National Monument
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castle Otttis
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
Palm Coast, Florida
The Rocks - Washington Oaks State Park
A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.
Jacksonville, Florida
Treaty Oak
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Ponce de León Hotel
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Flagler Beach, Florida
Bulow Plantation Ruins
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
St. Augustine, Florida
Pirate & Treasure Museum
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Chiefland, Florida
Manatee Springs State Park
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Butte, Montana
Socialist Hall
One of the last socialist halls still standing in the United States.
Nashua, Montana
Fort Peck Dam
This record-setting hydraulic dam in the Montana badlands was one of FDR's most ambitious public works.
Krakow, Poland
Statue of Jan Matejko
Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.
Poznań, Poland
Nierozpoznani
A cluster of headless, armless sculptures looms within a popular Polish park.
Gliwice, Poland
Gliwice Radio Tower
Gliwice Radio Tower, likely the tallest wooden structure in the world.
Poznań, Poland
Poznan June 1956 Monument
An impressive monument to Poland's independence.
