Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

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

These large-scale reproductions of Mario Sanchez’s colorful pictures and murals feel like a walk around a small movie set, and also lead you down an imaginary “street” of past decades.

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

This mass grave for victims of a massive hurricane remained hidden until 1991.

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

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

Tucked away in the forests of North Florida resides a 19th-century lighthouse.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

This small museum concentrates on the juicy history of orange production in Florida.

"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.

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

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.