Places Awaters83 Wants to Go

Strange beasts lurking in a garden are all that remain of a quirky, short-lived theme park.

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

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

In Florida, these naughty monkeys live on their own mini-monkey Alcatraz.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

A hidden beach at the end of a tunnel of mangrove trees.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

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

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

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

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

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

An underwater city for the dead.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.