An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?

The alley connecting two of country music’s most historic venues has a rich history of its own.

This defunct, fortress-like prison has been the setting for several movies.

This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.

The "first cat," "first dog," and even a presidential pygmy hippo all get their due in this museum.

The final resting place of an unidentified revolutionary soldier sits behind a Virginia church.

A genuine Tudor manor transported piece by piece from England.