Places Ben Wants to Go

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

A "sinister, whimsical, tacky, and really orange" public art installation hidden under a Seattle bridge.

A sliver of nostalgia in Seattle's Viretta Park.

This Seattle store is packed with all sorts of curious creatures and creations.

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Brick walkways weave through more than 500 palms and cycads, representing 150 species from around the world.

History is hiding at the Morean Center for Clay.

The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

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

A spirited shopping experience.

Loyal fans of one television's most famous painters still come to pay their respects.

An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.

A small strip of artistic displays is tucked away in a flea market.

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

These mysterious ruins are hidden amid this sleepy coastal city.

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

One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.

These crumbling foundations are all that remain of the once-stately 1840s manor that gave the town of Bradenton its name.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

If all members were present at the table, a sixth of the world's wealth would be under the same roof.

Public works and national defense project meant to carve a canal all the way across the state of Florida.