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The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

This historic headstone is said to mark the final resting place of a doubly-dead white witch.

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

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

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

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

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

Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.