The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

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

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

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

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

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