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

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.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

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

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

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

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

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

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.

The evolution of recreational vehicles and motorhomes is on display in the “RV capital of the world."

Its floors are marked by colorful cues depicting Michigan's native fauna.