A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

An early-19th-century hotel with a past that is steeped in the Civil War.

The oldest liquor store in the country is a model of resilience and mischief.

The language and heritage of a nearly forgotten culture can still be explored in this Southern enclave.

A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.

Visitors come from all over to bring gifts and tokens to the grave of Alice, who is thought to have died of a broken heart.

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

Dental instruments from the illustrious history of American dentistry.

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

Thirteen pastel palaces in downtown Charleston add a gorgeous splash of color to the city.

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