The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

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

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

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

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

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

Florida's first suspension bridge.

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.