A building so large that it has its own weather.

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

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The world's largest private aircraft collection.

The short-lived history of a new republic and British control in West Florida.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

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

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

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

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

An 18th-century Spanish watchtower made entirely of seashell and concrete.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

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

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."