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

Off of the Crawfordville Highway in Florida, nature is taking back this decrepit row of Ford trucks.

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

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

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

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

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

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

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

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

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

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

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.