Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.