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

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

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

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

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

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

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

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

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

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

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.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

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