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

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

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

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

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.

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

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

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.