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This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

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

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

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

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

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

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

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

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

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

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

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

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

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

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

In memory of the 110 victims of ValuJet Flight 592 that crashed in the Everglades.

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

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

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

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.