Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

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

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

Walk through row upon row of manicured miniature trees at the United States' largest bonsai nursery.

All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.