Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

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

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

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

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

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

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

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

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

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.