Islamorada, Florida
Betsy the Lobster
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Lee, Florida
The Ghost Town of Ellaville
This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.
Dade City, Florida
Florida's Volkswagen graveyard
VW heaven in the backwoods of Dade City, now gone.
Fort Myers, Florida
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Clermont, Florida
The Citrus Tower
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Tampa, Florida
Gasparilla Pirate Festival
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
Key West, Florida
The Conch Republic
"We Seceded Where Others Failed."
Permanently Closed
Seffner, Florida
Airstream Ranch
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Sarasota, Florida
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Riverview, Florida
International Independent Showmen’s Museum
The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.
West Palm Beach, Florida
The President John F. Kennedy Bunker
Built in just a little over a week this preserved bunker was created to protect our most attractive POTUS while he was on vacation.
Jacksonville, Florida
Treaty Oak
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Love Trees of St. Augustine
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Salvador Dalí Museum
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Chokoloskee, Florida
Ted Smallwood Store
A time capsule of Floridian history fights to survive on the banks of Chokoloskee Bay.
Tallahassee, Florida
Lichgate on High Road
This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.
Estero, Florida
Koreshan State Historic Site
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Key Largo, Florida
Underwater Hotel in Key Largo
Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.
Key West, Florida
Robert the Doll
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
North Miami Beach, Florida
The Cloisters of the Ancient Spanish Monastery
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Miami Beach, Florida
World Erotic Art Museum
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Collettsville, North Carolina
The House of Mugs
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Stiltsville
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
