The world's largest vertical wind tunnel.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

Stairs often replace streets on the steep slopes of this old mining town.

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.

Limestone caves with spectacular showcase chambers.

What is the Thing?

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.

A castle from the Holy Roman Empire that hosts traveling youth... in its stables.

This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.

Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.