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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

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

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

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

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.