The Bonnet House Museum and Gardens in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Artist Frederic Clay Bartlett established Bonnet House in 1920 on a stretch of pristine oceanfront land that is one of the last remaining examples of a native barrier island habitat in South Florida. For decades, Bartlett and his wife, Evelyn Fortune Lilly, spent their winters here, embellishing the home with an eclectic array of paintings, sculptures, and antiques. Lilly herself took up painting in 1933, and today her works are displayed in the house’s Carl J. Weinhardt Gallery. The Bonnet House property encompasses five distinct ecosystems: the Atlantic Ocean beach and primary dune, fresh...