Places asdonkar Wants to Go

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.

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

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

An unusual college football tradition involves burying pieces of sod from competitors' turf, replete with tiny coffins and headstones.

An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.

Wading through a small lagoon reveals a secret, wild stretch of pristine beach.

Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.

The bizarre story of the mysterious death and hidden treasure of one of Sanibel Island's early homesteaders.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.

Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.

Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

The northernmost truck stop in the United States.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.

This 16th-century church now has a heavenly second life as a cultural hub of Pátzcuaro.

One of the world's most unusual events combines headbanging and needlework.

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

This general store is a one-stop-shop for workers at the Prudhoe Bay oil field.

This urban oasis is a marvelous meld of music and landscape architecture.

This wrecked ghost ship has been rusting on a Greek beach since the 1980s.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

The steel hull of a wrecked tug rests on Lobster Cove on Monhegan Island’s rocky southeastern shore.

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

An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.