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

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

This sculpture is one of many stunning features along Tampa’s Riverwalk.

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

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

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

Visit the final resting place of a potential pirate at this historic burial site.

The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.

This extraordinary model train layout covers over 1,700 square feet, with multiple trains running simultaneously.

A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.

This vintage short line in Amish country runs passenger steam train excursions and still hauls freight.

A comprehensive collection of toy and model trains, largely from the mid-20th century.

Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.

Definitely not a clown bar.

A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.

This is part of the Francke Foundation Museum, a curiosity cabinet filled with different scientific and natural wonders.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

This historic silent film-era theater is now a community playhouse with a chilling visitor.

This former Union fort commands a fine view of downtown Cape Girardeau and the Mississippi River.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.