How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

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

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.