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Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.

Millions of pieces of Venetian glass showcase the life of Christ.

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

The second oldest jail in Florida gives insight into the realities of the criminal justice system at the turn of the 20th century.

Decades of pinball and arcade classics line this South Florida outpost of a popular Northeast arcade.

An unsuspecting brick building outside Orlando houses decades of train ephemera.

This central Florida farm is the largest producer of these little golden fruits in the United States.

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

Fill your car with gas and your belly with mouthwatering Cuban cuisine at this takeaway inside a Citgo station.

This historic hotel has hosted the likes of Babe Ruth, Jimmy Carter, and the Vanderbilts.

One of the oldest restaurants in Orlando is a no-frills seafood shack still shucking fresh oysters by the bucket.

Ch-Ch-Check out the world's largest hand-painted 3D mural.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.

Every winter, this tiny islet on Florida’s Gulf Coast is swarmed by some of the largest birds on the continent.

At Bern's Steak House, there's always room for dessert—it's just upstairs.

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

This century-old bakery produces 18,000 loaves of traditional Cuban bread every day.

Step back in time at this immersive historical village.

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

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

This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.

During segregation, this Orlando hotel hosted performers like Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong. Now it's a museum dedicated to preserving local Black history.

The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.

Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.