An art deco ice cream shop covered in vintage tiles.

An oversized metal construction of Billy Tripp's moods going through life.

A stockpile of childhood lunch pails turned collectibles.

A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.

A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.

This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

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

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Joe Minter is only doing the work of God in his yard, he says.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.

This architectural triumph is the only Frank Lloyd Wright house in Alabama.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

A massive tribute to this small county's top agricultural product.