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

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

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

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

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

Beauty and history abound in this remote West Texas canyon.

The deadly but beautiful ornamental oleander was planted all over the island of Galveston after the hurricane of 1900.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

$10,000 won in a poker game in 1884 allowed James Draughon to build this intriguing home.

This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.

An unusual bed & breakfast made of papercrete.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.