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

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

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

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

The remnants of the fortress that saved Georgia from the Spanish still stand guard on their swampy island.

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

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

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

This monument claims to display the first pot used to cook a famed Southern stew.

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

A modest walled graveyard where nobody is actually buried.

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

The Okefenokee Swamp houses this "incredibobble" tribute to the creator of America’s favorite cartoon possum.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

This giant iron playfully pays tribute to an early 20th-century architectural trend.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.

A wedding chapel, vintage clothing shop, and bar all under one roof.

The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.