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The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

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

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

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

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

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

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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