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

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

One of the oldest Mexican restaurants in the United States air-dries its trademark beef in a dangling outdoor cage.

This small memorial is almost as well concealed as Smalls himself was on the night he sailed to freedom.

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.

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

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

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

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

A trove of tiny treasures hidden within a Florida park.

These banned cigarette vending machines now sell little pieces of pocket-sized art.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

The first KFC is on the National Register of Historic Places.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

The site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison is now a peaceful memorial.

An obscure public service from the U.S. government that redeems burnt, moldy, and soiled old greenbacks.