Places educatorclaire Wants to Go

A secret, rocky playground hidden amongst the plain white beaches of the Florida coast.

Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

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

Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.

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

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

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

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

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

Possibly the most beautiful carillon in the world, set atop Iron Mountain in Florida.

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

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

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.

Local legend has it that the first humans were created in the pools here, leaving their footprints behind in the rock.

Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.

The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.

Spanning over 10,000 square miles, this ancient salt pan is one of the largest on the planet.

There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.

The abstract sandstone rock formations at this Algerian national park are rich with prehistoric art.

This former cathedral is now a bustling library packed with students and pigeons.