Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

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

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

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

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

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

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

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

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

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

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

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

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.