Places Bartender Bea Wants to Go

Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.

This railroad and oil tycoon's lavish estate now stands as a time capsule of the Gilded Age.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

This kitschy curio wonderland is full of fake animals, teak tables, and a cacophony of random bric-a-brac.

This sidewalk monument honors more than 50 civil rights activists who helped change the face of America.

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

Though nicknamed the “Russian Freighter,” this ship was actually sunk off the coast of Pensacola by the U.S. government in a top-secret operation.

This Florida museum dedicated to western artwork is entered through an artificial canyon with imported sandstone.

Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.

For 32 years the famous Ringling Bros circus troupe spent winters in this sunny spot in Florida.

Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.

For a time this small Florida town of less than 1,000 residents was the national leader in dismemberment.

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

The 44,000-ton aircraft carrier was purposely sunk to create an artificial reef teeming with life.

How Quincy, Florida became the richest town per capita due to one man's shrewd business acumen and taste for fizzy drinks.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

The "worst battleship ever built" is enjoying a grand second act, submerged 30 feet in the Gulf of Mexico.

A lone gunner's station is all that remains of a replica Spanish Fort in Florida.

Ancient church constructed with a special wood that preserves prints from the past.

A thriving Black community was destroyed by an angry white mob at this site in 1923.

Four metal statues of massive animal penises stand outside the university's Animal Sciences building.

A local landmark with generations of spraypainted messages, and more being added each day.

This now-deactivated naval base defended the Florida coast for centuries.

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