Lake Placid, Florida
Lake Placid Murals
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
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Lake Placid, Florida
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
Okeechobee, Florida
Florida's first Dark Sky Park is a haven for wildlife and stargazers.
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Used as a military post in three different engagements, this fort has remained incomplete and unfired upon for nearly 200 years.
Jacksonville, Florida
This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.
St. Augustine, Florida
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
Palm Coast, Florida
A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Bunnell, Florida
Part of a highway network meant to connect Miami to Montreal, this 10-mile stretch of road made from red bricks is still around 100 years later.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
Palatka, Florida
Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.
Crawfordville, Florida
One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.
Apalachicola, Florida
Of course the guy with the first patent for an ice machine lived in Florida.
Marianna, Florida
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Tallahassee, Florida
This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.
White Springs, Florida
The abandoned bathhouse is all that remains of the hot springs considered Florida's original tourist attraction.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Gainesville, Florida
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Hawthorne, Florida
This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.