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.
North Fort Myers, Florida
The largest retailer of seashells in the world.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Naples, Florida
This 1920s railway depot is now home to two unique museums complete with a miniature train ride.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Stuart, Florida
In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.
Homestead, Florida
The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Opa-locka, Florida
America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
North Miami Beach, Florida
A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.
Palm Beach, Florida
This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.
Palm Beach, Florida
Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Tampa, Florida
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Ocala, Florida
Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.
Key West, Florida
The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.
St. Augustine, Florida
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Ormond Beach, Florida
The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.
Perry, Florida
The ruins of a Florida miracle spring resort make it seem like a wonder that this was ever a health spa.
Tallahassee, Florida
One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Titusville, Florida
A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.