A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

The country’s largest boat parade honors an infamous Spanish pirate—who never actually existed.

Restored historic buildings, machinery, and a Mediterranean garden tell the story of a vibrant multicultural neighborhood in the heart of Tampa.

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

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

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

A memorial to legendary newsman, publisher, and owner of La Gaceta, the only trilingual newspaper in the U.S.

This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

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

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

A restored, one-room African-American schoolhouse in the diva's hometown now preserves the legacy of its most famous student.

A legendary music collector donated his entire collection to the entire city of Memphis.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

This Memphis recording studio launched the careers of Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Elvis Presley.

Every day a troupe of pampered water fowl walk the red carpet to their favorite fountain.