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In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

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

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

What started as a tailor shop to help swimmers live their mermaid dreams has grown into a full-scale aquarium, complete with live mermaid shows.

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

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

Florida’s largest fish hatchery features aquariums, fishing ponds, and local taxidermy.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.

Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

After the attack on Pearl Harbor, rocks and fossils from every U.S. state were collected into a pyramid of national unity.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

A tribute to a hometown hero and surfing legend.

A public, open-air art exhibit featuring world-renowned sculptures hides in plain sight on the outskirts of Orlando.