Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

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

This former prison is an Art Deco masterpiece with a past full of civil rights flashpoints.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

This curio museum seems like the type of place you might find a mogwai or a monkey's paw.

Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

This creative sculpture was a way to "recycle" an old tree.

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?