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

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

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

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

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

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

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

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

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.

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

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

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

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

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

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

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.