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

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

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

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

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