Riverview, Florida
International Independent Showmen’s Museum
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
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Riverview, Florida
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Sarasota, Florida
A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.
North Port, Florida
This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.
Sanibel, Florida
In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Ochopee, Florida
The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.
Chokoloskee, Florida
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
St. Augustine, Florida
Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.
Key West, Florida
Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Boca Chica, Florida
A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.
Summerland Key, Florida
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
Big Pine Key, Florida
The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
Big Pine Key, Florida
For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.
Key Largo, Florida
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
Ochopee, Florida
In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.
West Palm Beach, Florida
A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.