One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

Discover diverse aquatic life and befriend resident turtles at this private diving grotto in north Florida.

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

This general store is stocked with memorabilia from the 1930s onward—almost none of it for sale.

This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.

One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.

The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”

A monolith replica monument of Jean Ribault commemorating the landing of the French in the New World.

This replica of a 16th-century French settlement memorializes one of the earliest attempts at a European settlement in North America.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

These winding paths and vertical ramps have been inspiring skateboarders for nearly half a century.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.