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

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

The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.

This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.

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

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

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

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This colossal ancient jaguar sculpture was used as a vessel for the hearts torn from sacrificial victims.

These sacred Mesoamerican ruins feature peculiar petroglyphs hidden in the stones.

The conquistador's former fortress is the oldest preserved colonial building in the Americas.

The Mexican painter Diego Rivera created this unusual museum to display his collection of pre-Hispanic artifacts.