Whats up with the weird buildings in Panama City?

So here we are in Panama City Florida and look what I see.

So I took a pic and after a search on the internet ... no farther ahead on this one. No history.

Then there is this collection at the same corner in Panama City.

Ripley's believe it or Not

Wonder Works Amusement park

Then I drive by this!

Man in the Sea Museum

U.S. Navy SEALAB-1
The world's first underwater living facility 

Assorted submarine modules & pods, known as Personal Transfer Capsules (PTC)

A collection of various submarines and pods for underwater studies. 

The PTC's were used to transfer pre-pressurized Heliox divers down to their working depth in the ocean. 

But since it was spring break and Panama City Beach is so very commercialized we ran for the hills or flats as they say in Florida.

So we stopped for lunch at Destin Florida. Real nice place... sorry we did not have the money to stay.

BTW every thing used Destin in its name. Sandestin, Destiny etc. too funny.

Then we escaped the traffic and the craziness and headed off to Mobile Al.