Places ChrissyP Wants to Go

How did a 154-foot-long piece of spacecraft wind up abandoned along the side of a Florida road?

The longtime home of author Stetson Kennedy, this park counts Woody Guthrie as a former resident.

This hauntingly beautiful stretch of Florida coastline is covered in sun-bleached trees.

The first atheist monument on public land in the United States.

North Central Florida's largest flea market and a weekend roadtripper's dream.

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

This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.

The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.

Though illegal, city officials have made an exception for this work of art.

A trek through the solar system here on earth.

Over 12,500 words are scrawled across each room of this historic plantation house and no one knows why.

Explore the history of printing in this unique museum owned by a longtime printer.

Ruins of an old sugar mill sitting quietly next to a park in rural Florida.

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

Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.

What started as a tailor shop to help swimmers live their mermaid dreams has grown into a full-scale aquarium, complete with live mermaid shows.

This natural spring is the winter home to the largest gathering of manatees in the world.

The mounds on this coastal archaeological site reveal the history of the land’s first inhabitants.

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

This museum honors the composer of “Swannee Ribber.”

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

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.

Florida's first suspension bridge.

Though it's unclear why it's there, the lifelike sculpture of the giant lizard is oddly charming.