This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.

This set of rickety spaceships are prepared to give alien travelers a place to relax and go to the bathroom.

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

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

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

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

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

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.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

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

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

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

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

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

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

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

Where manatees are the snowbird vacationers in these balmy Florida springs.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A fascinating aviation museum where you can chat with the veterans who once flew the aircraft on display.

This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.

This space rock fragment is one of the only meteors to have ever struck a human.