One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

This shop also boasts some sweet memorabilia from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory."