This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

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

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

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

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

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

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

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

A building so large that it has its own weather.

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

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

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

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

This legendary "evil" doll has been haunting the citizens of Key West for over 100 years.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

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

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