Tampa, Florida
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The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.
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Tampa, Florida
The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.
St. Augustine, Florida
The United States' only educational center specializing in disease vectors and mosquitoes.
Winter Park, Florida
An Orlando museum houses the world’s most comprehensive collection of work by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Orlando, Florida
One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.
Delaware City, Delaware
A scenic fort on the harbor protected Philadelphia from an attack that never came.
Dover, Delaware
Museum houses an impressive display of the origin and artistry from the now-quaint invention's history.
Wilmington, Delaware
This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.
Wilmington, Delaware
A drab two-story office space in Delaware is a hidden tax haven for Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, and over half the Fortune 500 companies.
Milton, Delaware
A statue of the English poet for whom this Delaware town is named is ritually dressed in seasonally appropriate clothing.
Wilmington, Delaware
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
Brookside, Delaware
The tombstone of the founder of the lost town of Ogletown is now stuck inside a traffic median.
Wilmington, Delaware
This weeping, 10-foot-tall sculpture was a maquette for a 9/11 memorial.
Fenwick Isle, Delaware
A unique marker erected during the 18th century.
Lewes, Delaware
Designed to commemorate the founding of the first settlement in Delaware.
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
Once used as a deterrent to drinking alcohol.
Lewes, Delaware
Sip colonial-era cocktails at this monthly recreation of a 1740 watering hole.
Wilmington, Delaware
In Wilmington's hip Trolley Square neighborhood, a utility box has been repainted to resemble a classic gumball machine.
Wilmington, Delaware
Before he was "Bob Marley, international reggae superstar," he was "Donald Marley," a Delaware resident and forklift operator working under an assumed name. This park tells the story.
Lewes, Delaware
What if the Fountain of Youth was actually found in Delaware? One historic coastal town believes it to be true.
Newark, Delaware
This wildflower meadow was once the site of America's oldest operating paper mill and a symbol of Newark's manufacturing past.
Lewes, Delaware
This controversial reel is an artifact of the largest fish processing plant in the country, and a symbol of Delaware's integration.
Ocean View, Delaware
The mistake that launched the commercial broiler chicken industry is immortalized in the town where it took place.
New Castle, Delaware
Many of the most significant figures in American history once hopped on a stagecoach in this alleyway on their way to more noteworthy destinations.