One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

The strip club's VIP lounge is actually a rare repurposed Futuro House.

With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

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

This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

Found: Garden of Eden in Miami-Dade County, Florida.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

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

The unique collection includes bronze cast handprints of some of America's most famous astronauts.

America's only city hall with minarets took architectural cues from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

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

A building so large that it has its own weather.

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.