It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

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

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

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

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

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

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