Places alessandralee Wants to Go

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.

The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

The ruins of a once-thriving sugarcane plantation that was burned in the Second Seminole War.

One of the only Florida forts to remain in the hands of the Union all through the Civil War still stands as a historic stronghold.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

A 1950s eccentric's vision of Eden preserved as a hiking trail.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

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

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

It's a pretty creepy lock-up.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.