Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

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