Places alaskanmoss Wants to Go

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

Every Sunday for the last 30 years, this Buddhist temple has hosted a market with food and Thai goods.

After serving in Vietnam, Korea, and even a stint in the Turkish navy, the unique ship is now open as a museum.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

View rare birds and interact with lemurs at this nonprofit run entirely by volunteers.

Measuring approximately 200 feet long, Swampy is the world's largest alligator-shaped building.

Bronze footprints mark the path where a civil rights leader tried to march in peaceful protest before being knocked unconscious.

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

In a time before lifeguards, this house was a sanctuary for the shipwrecked.

The oldest house of worship in Palm Beach has a wonderful tropical garden.

A creative deviation in this post office's design was once a source of controversy.

This isolated airport in the middle of the Everglades sees more alligators than planes.

This salad has two key ingredients: hearts of palm and green ice cream.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

Georgia may have been on his mind, but this memorial in Florida shows that Greenville was really Ray Charles's childhood home.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

Built in 1927, this pink stucco hotel once hosted stars of Hollywood’s silent movie era. Now it's being brought back to life.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.

Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.