An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

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

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

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

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

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

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

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.