This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

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.

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

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

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

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

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.