This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Fascinating military history, awe-inspiring wildlife encounters, and endless outdoor adventures draw people to this sprawling park.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

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

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

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

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This lovely burial mound is actually a replica that was installed after archeologists excavated the original.

A museum and doll store featuring a surreal and super sanitized version of where babies come from.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

Oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

Settled in 1696, abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Twenty-eight years after this local landmark was washed ashore by hurricane Hugo, it was washed away by hurricane Irma.

Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.

Paths are maintained, but trees have taken over plots.

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.