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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

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

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

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

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

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