A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

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

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

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

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

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

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

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

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.