Gulfport, Mississippi
Fort Massachusetts on Ship Island
Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.
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Gulfport, Mississippi
Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.
Biloxi, Mississippi
A historic Civil War estate-turned-museum looks back on the Confederate States of America.
Ocean Springs, Mississippi
This house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and Louis Sullivan was destroyed twice and reconstructed to near original condition.
Fairhope, Alabama
This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'
Elberta, Alabama
Alabama has a fiberglass Stonehenge. With apologies to Spinal Tap, this one is full-size.
Pensacola, Florida
Once the primary source of ice in this region during the mid-20th century.
Pensacola, Florida
A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.
Pensacola, Florida
A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
Gainesville, Florida
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Pensacola, Florida
One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.
Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Thomasville, Georgia
This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.
Lamont, Florida
View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.
Greenville, Florida
Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.
Carrabelle, Florida
The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.
Crawfordville, Florida
Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.
Tallahassee, Florida
The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.
Monticello, Florida
The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.
Tallahassee, Florida
This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.
Tallahassee, Florida
This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.
Tallahassee, Florida
This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.
Tallahassee, Florida
This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.