One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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.

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

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

A white oak with property rights.

The record holder for the world’s largest peach.

In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.

This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.

A small park on Bourbon Street features life-size bronze statues of New Orleans musicians.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the former home of the second Voodoo Queen of New Orleans.

The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.

The LSU mascot lived on the college campus in one of the most impressive tiger habitats in the country.