A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

After a long career, a disastrous sinking, and a half-successful salvage, this Naval vessel-turned-artificial reef ended up exactly where she was supposed to—with a little help from nature.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

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

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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