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

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."

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

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

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

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

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.