Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

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

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

The timeworn "Yankee Stadium" of the fastest game in the world isn't going anywhere.

This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

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

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

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

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

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

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

It was once the base for a series of domestic terror attacks.

The Conduit Road Schoolhouse is one of the last one-room schoolhouses remaining in Washington, D.C.

A rare example of a rural school in Washington, D.C.

Railroad officials in the early 1900s sought to spare travelers the sight of Roman soldiers’ private parts.

The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.