This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

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

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

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

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

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

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.