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This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.

The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.

This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.

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

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Remarkably realistic Florida shoal bass "swim" inside this large globoid sculpture.

A museum preserving one company’s history of preserving food.

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

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

An aviation relic that made coast-to-coast travel possible.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

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

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.