This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A perfect circle of twenty-four mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric time.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

This shrine to bovine consumption and all things fast food is a slice of culinary history both rare and well done.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

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

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.