A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

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

One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.

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

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

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

Believed to be haunted, this old cemetery is beautifully adorned with Spanish moss hanging from the trees.

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

This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

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

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.

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

Florida’s first home built with eco-friendly hempcrete.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.