Coral Gables, Florida
Venetian Pool
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
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Coral Gables, Florida
This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.
Casma District, Peru
A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Carrabelle, Florida
Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.
Bartow, Florida
Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?
Venice, Florida
For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.
Wausau, Florida
A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.
Palmdale, Florida
Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.
Polk City, Florida
The world's largest private aircraft collection.
Cedar Key, Florida
A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.
St. Petersburg, Florida
This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Bradenton, Florida
These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.
Ocala, Florida
Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Marianna, Florida
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Tampa, Florida
An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Winnabow, North Carolina
From failed port town to Civil War fort, the ruins of this former defense saw their finest day in the television age.
Sarasota, Florida
The collection of 80+ pieces created between the years 1100 and 1500 is intended to be seen, heard, smelled, touched, and tasted.
Sarasota, Florida
The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.