When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

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

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

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

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

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

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

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

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

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

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

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

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.