Places gretchenmominee Wants to Go

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.

The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.

The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

The childhood home of the award-winning novelist and short story writer.

The tabby ruin is Savannah’s oldest surviving structure.

Inhospitable caverns just beneath this island paradise offer insights into alien worlds.

This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.

This divisive system of turtle tunnels was built to save animals stranded after a highway split a lake in half.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.

The bottle house obsession struck a Florida man in his retirement, and now he can't stop building.

Carved faces add a touch of magic to this island's impressive oak trees.

These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Near the ruins of a Civil War coastal fortress lies the only known African refugee cemetery in the United States.

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

An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

Leave it to Key West to drop a real-live drag queen instead of a ball to mark the arrival of the New Year.

Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.