Places martylafl Wants to Go

The only ancient owl carving found east of the Mississippi.

A swamp that was the site of prehistoric water burials also managed to preserve its corpses for millennia.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

A peaceful, unique botanical garden complete with waterfalls, mini islands, and swans.

It's believed Elvis Presley was inspired to write his breakthrough track after staying here.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

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

Just below the surface, shrimp are producing temperatures hotter than the sun.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

The culprit who accidentally lit this 3,500-year-old tree on fire stated "I can't believe I burned down a tree older than Jesus."

Visitors to this shop will find fossils, minerals, meteorites, skeletons, oddities, and much more.

A vast array of tropical plants collected by a vacationing couple.

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

Home to a giant switchblade and one of the world's largest collections of pocket knives, this museum is a cut above the rest.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

A mega theme park-wax museum mélange containing all things biblical.

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?

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

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

A sculpture of 18 beautiful clay mandalas on display at Warm Mineral Springs in Florida sends a message of world peace.