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An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

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

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

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

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

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

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.