A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

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

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

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

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

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

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

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

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

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

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

Step into the past and experience what life was once like in the Sunshine State.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

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

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.