Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

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

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

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

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

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

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

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

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

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