A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

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

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

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

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

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

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

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

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

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.