This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

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

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

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

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

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

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

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

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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

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

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

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

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

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

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

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

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.