Titusville, Florida
NASA Vehicle Assembly Building
A building so large that it has its own weather.
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Tampa, Florida
Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
Key Largo, Florida
Christ of the Abyss
An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Overseas Railroad and Pigeon Key
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Stiltsville
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa Theatre
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Miami, Florida
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Key West, Florida
Southernmost Point of the Continental U.S.
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
Key West, Florida
Captain Tony's Saloon
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Homestead, Florida
Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Coral Gables, Florida
Venetian Pool
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Key West, Florida
Dry Tortugas
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanted Woods at Winterthur Gardens
An award-winning children’s garden enchants visitors at the intersection of natural beauty and fairy tales.
Wilmington, Delaware
Winterthur
A blend of art, antiquities, and Americana fill this museum, surrounded by whimsical, enchanting gardens.
Stonington, Connecticut
Mystic Seaport Museum
Holding multiple historical boats and an entire 19th century village, this New England attraction is the largest maritime museum in the world.
Cascade, Colorado
The North Pole
This vintage theme park is peak Christmas kitsch—and it's open all summer.
Lakeside, Colorado
Lakeside Amusement Park
One of the oldest continuously operating amusement parks in the U.S. is an open-air museum of Art Deco and neon lights.
Fruita, Colorado
'Mike the Headless Chicken' Sculpture
It would be easy to walk past this unusual piece of art and have no idea it pays tribute to the odd life of a real chicken.
Rangely, Colorado
The TANK Center For Sonic Arts
Metal water storage tank turned ethereal concert hall.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Glenwood Hot Springs Pool
Take a dip in the world's largest mineral hot springs pool.
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Cadet Chapel
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Doc Holliday's Grave
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Denver, Colorado
Hidden Elves at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
