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

Florida’s first home built with eco-friendly hempcrete.

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

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

These simple structures are living monuments to the fishermen who built this community over a century ago.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

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

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

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

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A seemingly inexplicable memorial honors a beloved Tampa fruit-seller.

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 snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

This video store is a horror buff's dream.

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

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."