Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

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

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."

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

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

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

A building so large that it has its own weather.