Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

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

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

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

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

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

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

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

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

One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.

A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."

Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.

Each year, teams of the world's best snow sculptors have 65 hours to create frozen masterpieces.

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

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.