No one knows how or why this painting appeared to produce crystallized tears.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

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

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

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This psychedelic tromp l'oeil seems to be beckoning drivers to crash into a wall.

The world's largest fire hydrant is supposedly tornado-proof.