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

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

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