For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

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

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

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

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

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

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

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

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