New Orleans, Louisiana
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Islamorada, Florida
At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.
Key West, Florida
A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.
Davie, Florida
A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Have a ball telling the time at this giant kinetic-energy clock.
Miami, Florida
Amid the hustle and bustle of Miami’s Financial District sits a mausoleum-turned-monument.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This oceanfront 1920s house museum offers visitors historic art and rare plants across five distinct ecosystems.
Coconut Creek, Florida
More than 20,000 butterflies can be seen at this spectacular park and research center.
Pensacola, Florida
A Grand Dame of the vaudeville circuit restored to its former glory.
Pensacola, Florida
A pristine beach on the Gulf of Mexico with deep ties to Pensacola’s Black community.
Miami, Florida
This sculpture in the Miami Design District is one of the few public works of Virgil Abloh, an internationally recognized fashion designer and creative.
Navarre, Florida
The Gulf’s longest fishing pier is a year-round paradise for catch-and-release whoppers.
Miami Beach, Florida
This Ocean Drive crosswalk has been paved in rainbow colors to honor the LGBTQ+ community and the man who brought pastel to Miami Beach.
Pensacola, Florida
A striking lighthouse with views of the Gulf of Mexico and of a military air show.
Pensacola, Florida
Once the primary source of ice in this region during the mid-20th century.
Miami, Florida
This post-war motel embodies a little-known, Miami-born architectural style.
St. Augustine, Florida
One of the oldest, tallest, and most haunted lighthouses in America.
Celebration, Florida
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This liminal destination combines creaky carnival rides, a classic car museum, and luck-of-the-draw flea market finds surrounded by dust and drive-in movie screens.
Pensacola, Florida
Florida’s half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
This concrete sculpture features a woman opening her heart to showcase a beautiful fern.