A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

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

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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.

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

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

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

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

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.