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

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

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

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

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.