Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

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

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

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."

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

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

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

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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