This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

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

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

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

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

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

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

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

The final resting place of two (or three) presidents, one vampire, and 18,000 Confederate soldiers.

This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.

This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.