Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

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

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

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

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

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

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

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

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

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

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

The haunting remains of a failed housing development can still be found behind the big box stores that were to anchor them.

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

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

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.