Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

Established in 1890, this Jacksonville institution is the longest running music venue in the state of Florida.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

Play over 120 retro arcade games and pinball machines at this throwback museum.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

In this Florida couple's cottage, nearly every surface—inside and out—is covered in mosaic artwork.

These craggy limestone outcrops offer a glimpse at a unique piece of Florida geology.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

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.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

This labyrinth was designed to help visitors focus and meditate.

This haunting tombstone comes complete with a heartbreaking story of love and loss.

An unusual art exhibition in a suburban yard is designed to awaken the souls of those flowing by.

This intricate Hindu temple is the largest of its kind outside of India itself and was constructed like a giant puzzle.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

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

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

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