This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

Working compound meant to allow visitors to reclaim the values and traditions of the past.

A lion given to the prime minister somehow got stuffed and sent to Florida.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

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

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

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

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

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

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

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

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

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

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.