Tarpon Springs, Florida
Spongeorama Sponge Factory
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
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Tarpon Springs, Florida
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
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.
North Fort Myers, Florida
The largest retailer of seashells in the world.
Fort Myers, Florida
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Miami, Florida
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
Key West, Florida
A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.
St. Augustine, Florida
An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
Naples, Florida
A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Homestead, Florida
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.