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

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

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

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

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

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

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

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

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

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

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.