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

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

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

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

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

An underwater city for the dead.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.