Places alessandralee Wants to Go

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

What started as three small gnomes at the base of a tree has grown into a full-blown gnome home.

If you ever wanted to own an actual piece of Disney World, this is the place to shop.

An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.

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

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

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

The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.

This whimsical outsider art wall holds tiny treasures donated by the local community.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

This historical art colony is adorned with thousands of hand-carved concrete sculptures in the Mayan Revival style.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

This Florida resort community is where the Amish come to have fun in the sun.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

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

This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.