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

This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.

One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.

Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

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

Bermuda triangle lighthouse, site of mysterious disappearances, left to crumble into the Atlantic.

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

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

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

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

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.