Places anniet924 Wants to Go

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.

This South London cemetery holds the remains of more than 15,000 people.

The wooden telephone box hidden away in London's Piccadilly was the original prototype of the iconic kiosk.

This London marker celebrates the spot where the world-famous English band was founded.

Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.

Tucked away behind the mansions of Mayfair, this picturesque garden is a hidden London treasure with a spooky past.

Historic cuisine meets fine dining in a hotel-restaurant overlooking Hyde Park.

This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.

Down a pint of ale where the Bishop of Ely's servants slept in 1546.

This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”

A historic London pub with prison cells in the cellar and a "spy room" on the second floor.

This unassuming alcove in London’s famous Tower Bridge once served to capture, store, and display dead bodies from the River Thames.

Tucked away in the Tower of London is the weapon once used to execute high-profile prisoners.