Places amandaschoeppe Wants to Go

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

One of the best places in Florida to spot rare, carnivorous pitcher plants.

This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'

Dedicated to the "World's Luckiest Fishing Village."

The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

A humid oasis combines recreation with exploration in a unique underwater cavern.

Bad farming practices caused this unnatural natural wonder.

This tiny, triangular block has held the world record since 1964.

Coca Cola may be "the real thing" but its inventor, buried at this Georgia gravesite, called it a "valuable brain tonic."

What better place to take a seat?

In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.

An autonomous oak in Alabama.

The future civil rights leader grew up in this Alabama farmhouse.

The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.

A statue in Enterprise, Alabama hailing the fast food giant Ronald McDonald, stylized as a boll weevil.

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

Now abandoned, the first reinforced concrete bridge in Alabama still stands over the Pea River.

A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

A 56-foot tall statue of the god of fire looks out over Birmingham, Alabama.

This 36-foot-tall bronze Lady Liberty holds a real flaming torch.