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

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

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

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

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

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

This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.

Built following the War of 1812, this fort has withstood hurricanes for centuries.

This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.

A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

One of the longest water bridges in the world was built over a supposedly haunted swamp in Louisiana.

This Art Deco airport was once deemed “the air hub of the Americas.”

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.