Places hapichapi Wants to Go

Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.

This picturesque ghost town is located on the banks of the Suwannee River.

Hundreds of skulls and bones at the largest skeleton museum in the country.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

In the depths of the Everglades, one man has dedicated his life to studying the elusive Skunk Ape.

A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.

This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.

The history of the traveling carnival is remembered by this sprawling collection of vintage wagons, games, and rides.

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

An oddities shop that dabbles in the deathly and beautiful.

Japanese gardens dedicated to the Japanese farmer that refused to throw in the trowel.

A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.

Arrr! The most authentic collection of pirate artifacts in the world... matey.

This home is decked out like a psychedelic explosion of colors and bowling balls.

Human skulls and a stuffed goat made into a rocking chair can be found at this strange little store.

Town of spiritualists and mediums in Florida.

Stay in a room with a view... of the bottom of the ocean.

Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.

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

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

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.