Fort Lauderdale, Florida
'Thrive'
This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.
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Places I've been
Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Annapolis, Maryland
The Remains of Hell Point
Just outside the Naval Academy, Hell Point is a historical marker that could easily be the point where failed students wait for the bus.
Medford, Massachusetts
Wright's Tower
Dedicated to "the father of U.S. life insurance."
Captiva, Florida
The Bubble Room
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Sanibel, Florida
The Bailey-Matthews National Shell Museum
In a city crazy for seashells this museum educates and amazes visitors using the wonder of cast-off exoskeletons.
Palmdale, Florida
Gatorama
Get up close with some alligators at this roadside farm attraction.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Mai-Kai Restaurant
When you can't get to the Pacific, just go to Florida.
Hampton, Virginia
Emancipation Oak
This tree is a living witness to the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.
Schenectady, New York
Vedder Family Cemetery
The small burial plot is located in a mall parking lot.
Earlimart, California
Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
A ghost town originally established and governed solely by Black Americans seeking a place of their own, free from discrimination.
Keeler, California
Cerro Gordo
A lawless town deep in Death Valley was famous for its riches and death rate turned YouTube famous.
St. Augustine, Florida
Castillo de San Marcos
The walls of America's oldest masonry fort famously "swallowed" cannonballs.
Permanently Closed
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
Dogpatch USA
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Permanently Closed
Golden Valley, Arizona
Santa Claus, Arizona
A Saint Nicholas-themed ghost town in the Mojave desert.
Millbrook, Alabama
Spectre Set Ruins
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Miami, Florida
Ferdinand Magellan Presidential Railcar
With nickel-steel armor and three-inch thick bullet resistant windows, FDR's train was a rolling fortress.
Homestead, Florida
Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
Cape Canaveral, Florida
Launch Complex 34
This abandoned NASA launch site is now a memorial to a trio of astronauts who were killed there.
Titusville, Florida
NASA Vehicle Assembly Building
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Homestead, Florida
Robert Is Here
The sign that drew attention to a young boy's cucumber stand is now the name of his fruit superstore.
Miami, Florida
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.
Islamorada, Florida
Betsy the Lobster
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Key Largo, Florida
The African Queen
The famous boat that once ferried Bogart and Hepburn still floats in Key Largo after being abandoned for years.
