Places AmieisLove Wants to Go

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

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

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

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

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

Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

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

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

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

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

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

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

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

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

The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.

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

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

America's first wax museum opened in 1948.