Places gilb3rt Wants to Go

A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the coral reefs off Key Largo.

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

The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

This beautiful Miami garden was designed as a laboratory for tropical plants.

It turns out that a hurricane-prone beach is probably not the best place to house wild animals.

An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

Flip your own pancakes in this old sugar mill within a Florida state park.

Despite being made of a seashell mortar, the crumbling remains of this historic Florida mill are still standing.

Mariners once used this prehistoric landfill as a navigational landmark.

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

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

A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.

One of the most enjoyable bits of history at Coney Island and “the most romantic ride in the world.”

This futuristic airport terminal was abandoned for decades before reopening as a hotel—with a vintage plane of its own parked out back.

A historic lighthouse steeped in rumors of ghost and pirate stories.

The former estate of the Guggenheims, part of the opulent Gold Coast that inspired the Great Gatsby.