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This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

The world's largest Our Lady of Guadalupe statue overlooks this Ohio sanctuary.

The childhood home of a Hollywood legend.

One of the oldest surviving lock houses on the Ohio River.

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

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

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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

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

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