A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

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

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

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

In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.

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

Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.

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

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

The story of a Floridian city as told through an obscure sport for retirees.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

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

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

Vacant Beaux-Arts buildings that serve as reminders of a beach town’s glory days.

A reservoir of vintage pinball machines and arcade games for the nostalgic and thrill seeking.

This palatial botanical garden is home to one of the largest pipe organs ever installed in a private residence, and a piece of Wood's cycad.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.