Places EmilySMort Wants to Go

This twisty sign depicts the chain's first logo.

An unassuming corner inside downtown Orlando's library offers a whole new world of the park and its history.

The only runway directly into the magic kingdom has been closed since 1972, but it still sings to you if you drive fast enough.

The world's largest collection of autographed baseballs can be found at the St. Petersburg Museum of History.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

A spirited shopping experience.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This former factory has been transformed into a technicolor wonderland, where dozens of local artists have collaborated to create a real choose-your-own-adventure experience.

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.

A gleaming white tower in ornate Indian style soars above the low-slung bungalows of north Tampa.

Charlie Smith was almost certainly not 137 years old when he died, but why let that get in the way of a great story?

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

The oldest certified bowling alley in the United States is in the basement of this century-old bar.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.