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

Florida's first suspension bridge.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.

The country music legend's grave is surrounded by Astroturf because fans kept plucking out the grass.

An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.

Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.

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

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.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

This abandoned church dominates the landscape of a former mining boomtown.