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

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

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

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

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

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

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

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.