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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

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

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.

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

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

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

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.