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

A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.

Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.

The former desk of Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto is all that remains after his mysterious disappearance following a drug conviction.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

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

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

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

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.