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Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Before this area was filled with luxury homes, it was a movie star's 160-acre ranch and a gangster's hideout.

The final resting place of "Mother Kofi," a Black minister who was assassinated in the middle of a sermon.

Tucked away in Jacksonville's oldest neighborhood, this museum stands as a repository and celebration of outsider art.

Visit the final resting place of a potential pirate at this historic burial site.

This historic site situated in the Northwood shores neighborhood houses the remains of a forgotten town.

A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.

Long before Europeans arrived, Native Americans built an artificial island out of shells that has withstood a millennia of hurricanes.

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

Pay homage to a mysterious feline artifact outside of this Florida museum.

A local road runs around a memorial to a teenager who died in 1860.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

The Tallahassee Airport serves over half a million passengers a year and is home to some permanent residents too.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

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.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."