This lush Florida island is home to the ruins of a crooked ship breaker's tiny empire.

Recycled junk and fishing buoys litter the yard and facade of this bait shop cum art project.

For divers and music lovers, the Florida Keys' Underwater Music Festival provides the best of both worlds.

An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

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

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

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

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Restored historic buildings, machinery, and a Mediterranean garden tell the story of a vibrant multicultural neighborhood in the heart of Tampa.

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

The scuba diving training facility was named for the steam that rises from the cave's chimney.

An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”

A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.

A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.

This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.

Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

This charming candle shop has been in business since 1789.

The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.