This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

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

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

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

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

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

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

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.

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

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

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.