A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

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

Step into the past and experience what life was once like in the Sunshine State.

Though it may look like it’s missing its outer shell, this skeletal cast-iron tower was built to withstand wind and waves.

An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.

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

Every January 6, young men dive into Spring Bayou in search of a cross and a year's worth of maritime blessings.

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

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

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

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

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

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.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

This glass-stain Mary attracted thousands of pilgrims until her head was shattered by a vandal with a slingshot.