Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

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

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

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

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

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

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

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

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

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

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

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

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.