It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.

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

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

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

The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

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

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.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

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

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

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

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

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

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