An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions.

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

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

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

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.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

When this test site was abandoned, they didn't even bother to take the rocket with them.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

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

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

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

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

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

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.