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A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

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

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

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

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

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

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

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

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

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

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

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

The second-largest ceremonial mound in the United States is an artificial hill that is loosely shaped like a pentagon.

This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.