A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

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

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

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

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

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

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.