I-95's Tijuana-style celebration of kitsch at the Carolina border.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.