L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

A memorial to the United States's first wildlife refuge warden.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

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

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

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 ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

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."

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

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