Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

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

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

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

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

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

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

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