VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

Known as the most resilient water tower in the region.

Fill your car with gas and your belly with mouthwatering Cuban cuisine at this takeaway inside a Citgo station.

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

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

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

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

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

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

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

A tribute to a hometown hero and surfing legend.

This small beachside park commemorates the possibilities of discovery.

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

The world's 2nd or 3rd or 4th busiest seaplane base.

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

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

A towering, steel behemoth that has graced the skyline of Lakeland, Florida since the early 1980s.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.