How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

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

The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.

The highway's southernmost spot is a beloved local attraction.

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

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

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

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

This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

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

A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.

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

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

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?

St. Augustine's record-setting narrow street was designed to protect against pirates.

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."

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