Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

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

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

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

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

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

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

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

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.