Bradenton, Florida
Braden Castle Ruins
These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.
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Bradenton, Florida
These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
St. Petersburg, Florida
This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.
Cortez, Florida
An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Islamorada, Florida
Dedicated to the victims of one of the deadliest hurricanes to strike the United States in recorded history.
Havana, Florida
This small museum is dedicated to the history of Havana and Florida's once-booming tobacco industry.
Stuart, Florida
In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.
Sarasota, Florida
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
Apalachicola, Florida
Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.
Winter Haven, Florida
The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.
Monticello, Florida
This 15-foot former Johnny Appleseed has given up his apples for donuts and coffee.
Islamorada, Florida
A unique collection of diving equipment spanning antiquity to the present day.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.
Monticello, Florida
The ruins of a creative scholar's fantastical unfinished sanctuary act as his massive gravestone.
Panama City Beach, Florida
A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.
Falmouth, Florida
The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.
St. Augustine, Florida
In this case, 'zero' marks the spot where the iconic Old Spanish Trail ends.
Williston, Florida
This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.