Vero Beach, Florida
Pelican Island
This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.
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Vero Beach, Florida
This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.
Melbourne Beach, Florida
This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.
Stuart, Florida
In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.
West Palm Beach, Florida
This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.
West Palm Beach, Florida
This historic site situated in the Northwood shores neighborhood houses the remains of a forgotten town.
Cocoa Beach, Florida
A tribute to a hometown hero and surfing legend.
Christmas, Florida
Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.
Port Orange, Florida
Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.
Holly Hill, Florida
What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.
Ormond Beach, Florida
A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Palm Coast, Florida
A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
St. Augustine, Florida
The site of Martin Luther King Jr.'s arrest as he attempted to have lunch.
St. Augustine, Florida
Only through the lens of a microscope can visitors see the true treasures inside this museum.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.