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

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

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

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

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

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

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

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.