One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

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

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

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

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

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

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

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

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

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

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.