The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.

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

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

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

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

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

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

The giant squid's 27-foot-long corpse lies preserved within a Sarasota aquarium.

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

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.

The smallest post office in the United States is no bigger than a broom closet.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

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

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

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

Florida's oldest bar was once a morgue, complete with a hanging tree and gravestones.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

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