Places Edited by arc459

Tucked away near Gainesville, Lubee Bat Conservancy invites visitors to discover the surprising personalities of giant fruit bats while learning how protecting these misunderstood animals helps preserve forests around the world.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

These ancient monoliths make up one of the largest archaeological sites in Palau.

Deep in the Guatemalan jungle stands an ancient pyramid that once marked the reign of a king.

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

A collection of heirloom roses tucked in a spectacularly beautiful botanical garden on Lake Atitlan.

Over 75 historically themed murals grace the walls of a small Washington city.

One of the largest aviation events in the world brings half a million aircraft enthusiasts to Wisconsin each year.

Curtiss is a forgotten figure in the early history of flight.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

An isolated dive site teeming with cnidarians.

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

A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.

Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

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

This historic train station has been converted to a locomotive themed hotel.

A sanctuary for sickly, stray, or wounded donkeys.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.