Crystal River, Florida
Crystal River Archaeological State Park
The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.
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Crystal River, Florida
The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.
Crystal River, Florida
This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.
Jacksonville, Florida
This century-plus-old baseball park has hosted some of baseball's royalty and stands as the oldest sports complex in Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Florida
This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.
Jacksonville, Florida
This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.
Jacksonville, Florida
After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.
Jacksonville, Florida
Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
St. Augustine, Florida
An oversized bluebird statue returns to its rightful place on Vilano Beach pier.
St. Augustine, Florida
These ruins are all that remain of what a Spanish barrack that likely housed a quarry overseer, masons, and stone cutters involved in the construction of the Castillo de San Marco.
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Sarasota, Florida
The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.
Sarasota, Florida
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
St. Petersburg, Florida
History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.
Bradenton, Florida
These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.
Bartow, Florida
Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.