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

Florida's first suspension bridge.

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

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

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

Interactive modern and vintage submarine equipment, World War II relics, and submarine attire.

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

Built to replace a house destroyed by a hurricane, this home is made entirely of shipping containers.

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

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

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

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

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

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

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

One of America's founding fathers lived in this London lodging between 1757 and 1775.