This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

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

Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.

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

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world's largest coastal brick fortresses.

An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.

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

One man's love of sea life and art has turned his home into a temple of outsider island art.

A steamer run aground near Bimini lives a second life as a playground for scuba divers.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

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

The world's only underwater laboratory where "aquanauts" study oceanic life.

The largest retailer of seashells in the world.

Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

An underwater city for the dead.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

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

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.