The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

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

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.