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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

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

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

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

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

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

This incredible collection of vintage pinball machines can be played at 25 cents a pop.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

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

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

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

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