Places Hairywombat Wants to Go

The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.

This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.

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

A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.

This historical swimming pool near Miami is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

Recently celebrating its 25th anniversary, the garden opened in September 1997 to celebrate the men and women who have had the greatest impact on Key West.

Six miles off the coast of Key West, a former military transport ship is now one of the largest artificial reefs in the world.

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

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

The museum chronicling a treasure hunter's dream, fulfilled.

This small Key West museum is packed with dozens of artifacts that illustrate the life of the iconic playwright.

A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.

"We Seceded Where Others Failed."

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

The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.

The island residents are known for taking their quirky sense of humor with them to the grave.

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

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

This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.