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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

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

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

This Garden District mansion was built to be bigger and grander than its original owner's former partner turned rival.

Anne Rice, one of the most influential writers in gothic literature, is buried alongside her husband in a New Orleans cemetery.

From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.

Installed as a beacon of hope for a hurricane-racked island, the statue had to be moved multiple times due to the eroding coast.

Professional and amateur dioramas, taxidermy, and oddities all located in an attic above a gallery.

This creepy, yet oddly beautiful cemetery is home to one of the founding fathers of Lake Charles.

The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.

This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.

Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.

This 19th-century sugarcane plantation is one of the most well-preserved estates of its kind, including its original quarters for enslaved laborers.

The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.