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

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

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

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

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

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.