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This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

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

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

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

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

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

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

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

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.