New Orleans, Louisiana
Lake Pontchartrain Causeway
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Detroit, Michigan
A Beaux-Arts triumph rises from decades of decay to become the heart of a new innovation district.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
Oxford, England
Once one of the largest rooms full of books in the world, this bookstore basement is still a treat for bibliophiles.
New York, New York
The world’s oldest and biggest bookstore stocking only mystery, crime fiction, espionage, and thrillers.
Hawthorne, Florida
This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.
Cedar Key, Florida
This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Palatka, Florida
Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.
Marco Island, Florida
Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Sanford, Florida
This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.
Gainesville, Florida
Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.
Key West, Florida
The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.
Cedar Key, Florida
A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.
Marco Island, Florida
Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Titusville, Florida
The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
Ocala, Florida
Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.
Gainesville, Florida
Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Gainesville, Florida
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.