For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

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

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

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

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.

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

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

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

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

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

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