11. The Fountain of Youth:
Don Juan Ponce de Leon completed Spain ’s claim on America in 1509, and soon after was made governor of Puerto Rico . Six years later, following Indian rumors, he traveled north to the island of Bimini in search of the Fountain of Youth. Bimini turned out to be the peninsula of Florida, and the fountain remained hidden until July 2006, when famed magician David Copperfield claimed the waters on his $50 million Exumas Island (c.) had healing properties
