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

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

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Ruins of a Carnegie family mansion on Cumberland Island.

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

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

This statue inspired by Renoir's famous painting embodies the jovial spirit of Key West.

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

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

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

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

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

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

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

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

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.