Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

This massive vault of comedic history is no joke.

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.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

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

The only known working replica of the world's first self-propelled vehicle.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

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

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

From printing money to live music, this Beaux-Arts style building has had many identities over the last century.

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

You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

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