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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.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

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

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

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

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

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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."

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

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

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

A perfect circle of 24 mysterious holes dates back to prehistoric times.

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