Places We All Pod Down Here Wants to Go

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

This abandoned bridge is now a favorite haunt for graffiti artists.

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

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

This small island was the first National Wildlife Refuge ever created in the United States.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

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

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

A replica of one of the more than 15,000 civilian lookout towers that lined the U.S. coast during World War II.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.

This phone booth-sized municipal building has been a piece of police property for more than half a century.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

A tribute to the furry local heroes who helped get residents through many tough times.